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Pilot of AA5B tiger has hydraulic leak and right brake failure during taxi. Aircraft turns into grass barely missing a light.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 406393 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hxd |
| State Reference | SC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cheetah, Tiger, Traveler |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 400 flight time type : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 406393 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Brake failure right pedal pilot's side only. Failed on taxi due to hydraulic hose leak. Plane took a left turn into grass on braking. Missed runway end light by 2 ft, propeller missed light barely, shut down engine as plane went off to prevent damage to propeller and engine. Pushed plane back to taxiway, tested copilot side brakes, ok. Continued flight back to sav. No damage. Uneventful after takeoff till on approach at sav, reset landing light circuit breaker, landing lights operational. Grounded aircraft for maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AA5B TIGER HAS HYD LEAK AND R BRAKE FAILURE DURING TAXI. ACFT TURNS INTO GRASS BARELY MISSING A LIGHT.
Narrative: BRAKE FAILURE R PEDAL PLT'S SIDE ONLY. FAILED ON TAXI DUE TO HYD HOSE LEAK. PLANE TOOK A L TURN INTO GRASS ON BRAKING. MISSED RWY END LIGHT BY 2 FT, PROP MISSED LIGHT BARELY, SHUT DOWN ENG AS PLANE WENT OFF TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO PROP AND ENG. PUSHED PLANE BACK TO TXWY, TESTED COPLT SIDE BRAKES, OK. CONTINUED FLT BACK TO SAV. NO DAMAGE. UNEVENTFUL AFTER TKOF TILL ON APCH AT SAV, RESET LNDG LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER, LNDG LIGHTS OPERATIONAL. GNDED ACFT FOR MAINT.
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.