- Date
- December 3, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hanson, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6387Cessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881203057009A
- Case key
- 36345
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he had just landed when the left brake failed. In order to avoid hitting trucks parked near the runway the pilot elected to ground loop the aircraft. The side loading on the left landing gear during the ground loop caused it to collapse. Exam of aircraft by the FAA revealed that the left brake had substantial hydraulic fluid covering the brake assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6387
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503334
- Airframe hours
- 950
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Enos Air Service
- Registered owner
- Enos Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1987
- Departed
- MA02 · Hanson, MA
- Airport
- MA02 · Caranland, runway 18, 1,845 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 105 in this make and model · 106 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.