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A homebuilt small aircraft 'baby ace' on landing rollout nosed over when the brakes were applied, caused by the left brake adjusted incorrectly.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 377154 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : luk |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Amateur (Home) Built |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 2700 flight time type : 70 |
| ASRS Report | 377154 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After landing and during rollout, brake was applied to facilitate turn off at nearest taxi ramp. Aircraft nosed over and suffered minor damage. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a homebuilt 'baby ace' owned by the reporter for 25 yrs. The reporter related the direct cause of the nose over was the left brake was adjusted incorrectly and just slight pressure resulted in the brake locking. The reporter said the propeller incurred damage and needed repair or replacement.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A HOMEBUILT SMA 'BABY ACE' ON LNDG ROLLOUT NOSED OVER WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, CAUSED BY THE L BRAKE ADJUSTED INCORRECTLY.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG AND DURING ROLLOUT, BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO FACILITATE TURN OFF AT NEAREST TAXI RAMP. ACFT NOSED OVER AND SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A HOMEBUILT 'BABY ACE' OWNED BY THE RPTR FOR 25 YRS. THE RPTR RELATED THE DIRECT CAUSE OF THE NOSE OVER WAS THE L BRAKE WAS ADJUSTED INCORRECTLY AND JUST SLIGHT PRESSURE RESULTED IN THE BRAKE LOCKING. THE RPTR SAID THE PROP INCURRED DAMAGE AND NEEDED REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.