- Date
- April 10, 1992, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Milford, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80004Carey Glassair SH2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920410009679I
- Case key
- 37036
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Probable cause
Improper installation of the wheel brakes, which resulted in failure of a left brake line during the landing roll and subsequent loss of directional control and collision with an object after departing the runway.
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
After landing, the airplane began to drift to the right, and the pilot applied left brake, but there was no response. The airplane continued off the right side of the runway, struck a sign, entering rough terrain and was damaged. An investigation revealed that a hydraulic line for the left brake had failed, which rendered the brakes inoperative. Reportedly, the brakes were not installed in accordance with the manufacture's manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80004
- Reported as
- Carey Glassair SH2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 220
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter C. Crocco, doing business as N/A
- Registered owner
- Robert F Carey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1991
- Departed
- 06N · Middletown, NY
- Airport
- 4N1 · Greenwood Lake, runway 24, 2,734 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 30 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIV, 1 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.