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| Date: | Friday 3 November 1995 |
| Time: | 12:02 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3703G |
| MSN: | 44-83546-A |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8299 hours |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820-97 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fayetteville, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | (KFAY) |
| Jacksonville, FL (NZC | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While taxiing near the 90-degree taxiway turn-off to the runway, the brakes failed. The pilot elected to secure the engines, and while continuing down a slight grade, he applied full throttle to both left wing engines. The airplane rolled off the right side of the taxiway onto grass but continued across the taxiway run-up area down an embankment. The pilot then restarted the No. 1 engine and applied full throttle but the left wing of the airplane collided with a localizer antenna building. Postaccident examination of the hydraulic system revealed intermittent failure of the pressure check valve for the hydraulic hand pump, and failure of the pressure relief valve for the electric hydraulic pump.
Probable Cause: the failure of the airplane's normal brake system due to the open position of the pressure relief valve. Contributing to the accident was the pilot in command's premature engine shutdown resulting in the airplane colliding with the localizer building.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA96LA017
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 09:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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