ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295584
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| Date: | Friday 4 July 2003 |
| Time: | 09:46 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Take Flight Alaska, Inc. |
| Registration: | N63541 |
| MSN: | 17275449 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 16200 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Seldovia, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK (MRI/PAMR) |
| Seldovia Airport, AK (SOV/PASO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was landing a wheel-equipped airplane on a 1,845-foot long by 60-foot wide, gravel-covered runway. During the landing roll, he applied heavy braking to slow the airplane. The pilot said as the airplane tracked down the centerline of the runway for about 900 feet, the right hand brake pedal "just went flat", and the airplane veered to the left, towards an occupied airplane that was stopped on an adjacent taxiway. When the brake pedals were released, the airplane realigned with the runway centerline. As the airplane neared the end of the runway, the pilot applied full left brake in an attempt to stop the airplane before reaching the end of the runway. The airplane veered sharply to the left, continued off the left side of the runway and down an embankment. The airplane's right wing struck the ground and sustained structural damage. A postaccident inspection revealed that a 6-inch section of the aluminum hydraulic brake line tubing, which is covered by the right main landing gear's fiberglass fairing assembly, had chafed through about mid-span between the fuselage and right wheel assembly. Additionally, no hydraulic brake fluid was found in the right hydraulic brake reservoir. Prior to the accident, and in accordance with the manufacturer's recommended inspection intervals, the operator would remove the fiberglass fairing assembly and inspect the aluminum hydraulic brake line tubing every 400 hours, or during the airplane's annual inspection. As a result of the accident, and due to the high hourly utilization of the rental/instruction airplanes in the operator's fleet, the operator now removes the fiberglass fairing assembly to inspect the aluminum hydraulic brake line tubing during each 100-hour inspection.
Probable Cause: The failure of company maintenance personnel to properly maintain the airplane's brake system, which resulted in a loss of the right brake during landing roll due to a chafed brake line.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC03LA069
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 February 1991 | N63541 | 0 | Anchorage, AK | |
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| 20 April 2016 | N63541 | 70 North LLC | 4 | near Birchwood Airport (PABV), Birchwood, AK | |
sub |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 10:13 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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