# NTSB WPR13CA259: Dressen Escape LS, N3932D, Fruitland, ID, May 26, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 25, 2013, 20:00 local (May 26, 2013, 02:00 UTC) - Place: Fruitland, ID - Coordinates: 44.01889, -116.866943 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0189&lon=-116.8669&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 5, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 87078 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR13CA259 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87078/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87078 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA259 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the landing roll as a result of the parking brake lever not being positioned in the full off position. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: landing gear brakes system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Unintentional use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Dressen Donald L ESCAPE LS, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/cases.md?model=05631ZW), [All aircraft, 92 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Dressen Donald L ESCAPE LS, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05631ZW), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Preflight or dispatch event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/030); cases with it: [Dressen Donald L ESCAPE LS, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/030/sequence.md?model=05631ZW), [All aircraft, 355 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/030/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Dressen Donald L ESCAPE LS, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=05631ZW), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Dressen Donald L ESCAPE LS, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=05631ZW), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis During the takeoff roll, the pilot noted that the airplane was rolling longer than expected and suspicioned that he might have been on the brakes a little. After a short local flight he returned to land at the private airstrip. Right after touchdown, he applied the brakes firmly and then released them as the airplane started down a dip in the runway. The pilot noticed that the brakes did not release and were dragging. As the airplane continued to slow, the tail of the airplane started to rise until the airplane nosed over, and came to rest inverted substantially damaging the right wing and lift strut. After exiting the airplane, the pilot attempted to turn the airplane’s wheels and found that they would not turn by hand. The pilot cycled the parking brake valve which fully released the brakes. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative During the takeoff roll, the pilot noted that the airplane was rolling longer than expected and suspicioned that he might have been on the brakes a little. After a short local flight he returned to land at the private airstrip. Right after touchdown, he applied the brakes firmly and then released them as the airplane started down a dip in the runway. The pilot noticed that the brakes did not release and were dragging. As the airplane continued to slow, the tail of the airplane started to rise until the airplane nosed over, and came to rest inverted substantially damaging the right wing and lift strut. After exiting the airplane, the pilot attempted to turn the airplane’s wheels and found that they would not turn by hand. The pilot cycled the parking brake valve which fully released the brakes. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3932D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3932D), registered now, S/N 01, built 2012 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Dressen Escape LS - Registry model: [Dressen Donald L ESCAPE LS](https://openairdocs.org/model/dressen-donald-l-escape-ls) (registry code 05631ZW) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O-235-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-c) (registry code 42397, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 1 - Airframe hours: 56 - Engines: Lycoming O-235L 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Donald Dressen - Registered owner: Donald Dressen - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: PVT, Fuitland, ID - Destination: PVT, Fuitland, ID - Airport: PVT, Personal Airstrip, runway 22, 800 × 20 ft, dirt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 25, 2012; seat: front; flight hours: 3,600 total, 56 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 340° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 29.88 inHg - Observed at: EUL, 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 20130525008329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130525008329A), May 25, 2013: Dressen Donald L ESCAPE LS, Fruitland, ID, Substantial damage. On 5/25/2013, an experimental airplane, N3932D, flipped onto its back during landing rollout due to excessive wheel breaking. The pilot stated that the brakes… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 21, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87078. 739 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 739 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40398383&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.