- Date
- March 18, 2022, 20:15 local (Mar 19, 2022, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hurricane, UT · Airport Environment
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4949BNewell Michael J Lancair ES
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20220318003949A
- Case key
- 104839
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Loss of brake pressure on the left brake due to air in the brake line which, resulted in a runway over run and collision with a ditch.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the airplane reported that, during the landing roll, the airplane was not slowing as expected. The pilot firmly applied braking action with no corresponding slowing action from the airplane. When he and his passenger saw the departure end of the runway approaching, they both applied as much brake pressure as possible without any effect. The airplane departed the runway and came to rest in a ditch, resulting in substantial damage to the engine mount. The airplane’s brake system was inspected by a mechanic who reported that the left side brake functioned, however it had a minor amount of air in the system and may not have had the same working pressure as the right-side brake. The pilot reported that there were no other preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4949B
- Reported as
- Newell Michael J Lancair ES
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ES-180
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 868.4
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-550-B2B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 2020
- Departed
- U42 · West Valley, UT
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1L8 · General Dick Stout Field Airport, runway 19, 3,282 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display
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
- 48
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 10, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 137.5 total · 0 in this make and model · 34.1 as pilot in command · 22.3 in the last 90 days · 7.2 in the last 30 days · 1.2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KSGU, 14 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KSGU 190156Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 19/M09 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP164 T01891094=
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 28, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.