- Date
- October 11, 1987, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tacoma, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N37358Cessna 340A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871011075189A
- Case key
- 40749
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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
As the plt was taxiing to the active rwy, the acft's right brake became inop due to a loss of hydraulic fluid. Subsequently, the acft went off the side of the taxiway, contd over an embankment & was damaged. The loss of hydraulic fluid was due to a leak in the wheel cylinder on the right main gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37358
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A0365
- Airframe hours
- 2,688
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- S.D.S. Aircraft Enterprizes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- GTF · Great Falls, MT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TIW · Tacoma Narrows
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,036 total · 130 in this make and model · 2,036 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.