# NTSB NYC02LA091: Cessna 182A, N5198D, Moneta, VA, May 1, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 1, 2002, 08:55 local (12:55 UTC) - Place: Moneta, VA - Coordinates: 37.107776, -79.593055 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1078&lon=-79.5931&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 8, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 54623 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC02LA091 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54623/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54623 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA091 ## Probable cause A slow leak of brake fluid from the right brake cylinder, which eventually resulted in a loss of right brake effectiveness. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - hydraulic system,actuator - leak (cause) - landing gear,normal brake system - inoperative - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi ## Analysis The student pilot had just landed, and made a left turn onto the "teardrop" taxiway. The right brake failed, and the airplane departed the taxiway, went into a ditch, and nosed over. Post-accident examination revealed that the right brake cylinder was out of fluid, and other than a small amount of fluid up on the cylinder shaft, there were no holes or leaks noted. The brake system had been last checked about 4 1/2 months earlier, during the airplane's latest annual inspection. ## Factual narrative On May 1, 2002, at 0855 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182A, N5198D, was substantially damaged while taxiing after landing at Smith Mountain Lake Airport (W91), Moneta, Virginia. The certificated student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed for the solo instructional flight from a private airstrip in Rocky Mount, Virginia, that was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to the student pilot, he had just landed on runway 23. He made a left turn onto the "teardrop" taxiway, to back taxi down runway 05, when the right brake failed. The airplane then departed the taxiway, went into a ditch, and nosed over. An examination of the airplane after the accident by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed that the right brake cylinder was out of fluid, and other than a small amount of fluid up on the cylinder shaft, there were no holes or leaks noted. According to the airplane's maintenance logbook, new wheels and brakes were installed on October 10, 1999. There was also a "check brakes" notation, dated December 22, 2001, as part of the logbook entry for the airplane's latest annual inspection. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5198D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5198D), registered now, S/N 51298, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182A - Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 51298 - Airframe hours: 2249.4 - Engines: Continental O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Selby G. Venning - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 22, 2001, 40.1 hours before - Departed: NONE, Rocky Mount, VA - Destination: W91, Moneta, VA - Airport: W91, Smith Mountain Lake, runway 23, 3,058 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 50; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 56 total, 38 in this make and model, 56 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 9,500 ft overcast - Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 45 °F - Altimeter: 29.93 inHg - Observed at: LYH, 25 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20020501018379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020501018379A), May 1, 2002: Cessna 182A, Moneta, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft taxied off left side of runway, at turn-around loop, during roll-out on runway 23, and continued into adjacent shallow ditch. Nose gear sheared,… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 30, 2002, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54623. 515 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 292 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40436447&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Memorandums for Record (item 2, .PDF, 47 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40436448&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandums%20for%20Record-Redacted.PDF - Maintenance Records (item 3, .PDF, 176 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40436449&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Maintenance%20Records-Redacted.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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