- Date
- September 23, 1999, 11:57 local (16:57 UTC)
- Place
- South Oxford, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N731RFCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990923028579A
- Case key
- 47462
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Probable cause
the pilot's improper use of the brakes during the landing rollout.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during landing the left brake locked up causing the airplane to pull to the left. The pilot further stated that while compensating with the right brake, the left brake pulled harder to the left and eventually the right brake locked up causing the airplane to flip up side down. An aircraft mechanic who examined the accident airplane stated that he found no mechanical malfunction with the brakes.
Factual narrative
On September 23, 1999, about 1157 central daylight time, a Cessna A188B, N731RF, registered to and operated by Woodson Flying Service as a 14 CFR Part 137 agricultural flight, crashed on landing at a private field in South Oxford, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged, but there were no injuries to the commercial-rated pilot. The flight originated the same day, about 1050.
The pilot stated that during landing the left brake locked up causing the aircraft to pull to the left. The pilot further stated that while compensating with the right brake, the left brake pulled harder to the left and eventually the right brake locked up causing the aircraft to flip up side down. An aircraft mechanic who examined the accident aircraft on behalf of the FAA, stated to the NTSB that he found no mechanical malfunction with the brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731RF
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18803090T
- Airframe hours
- 2,356
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Woodson Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1999 · 100 hours before
- Airport
- Champion Airstrip, runway 9, 1,500 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,843 total · 699 in this make and model · 1,720 as pilot in command · 405 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 70 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N731RF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.