A part 135 cargo pilot collides with another aircraft parked at the ramp when his brakes fail near t...

Attributes
ACN	542393
Time
Date	200203
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bhm.airport
State Reference	AL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	ground : taxi ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 310
ASRS Report	542393
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical ground encounters other maintenance problem : improper maintenance other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : engineering procedure performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : fault isolation performance deficiency : repair
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Company Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

While picking up a new plane and taxiing to the hangar ramp the brakes failed, and at very slow speed I rolled into the horizontal stabilizer of another plane. The mixture was in idle-cutout but the propeller was still turning, damaging the left horizontal stabilizer. I had full pressure on the brakes. They had worked fine when tested, pulling out of the parking spot, pulled the emergency brake and pulled throttles and mixtures back. After this I learned that the plane had been written up before and was involved sometime before in a braking failure which resulted in the plane running off the end of the runway at another airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PART 135 CARGO PLT COLLIDES WITH ANOTHER ACFT PARKED AT THE RAMP WHEN HIS BRAKES FAIL NEAR THE RAMP AT BHM, AL.

Narrative: WHILE PICKING UP A NEW PLANE AND TAXIING TO THE HANGAR RAMP THE BRAKES FAILED, AND AT VERY SLOW SPD I ROLLED INTO THE HORIZ STABILIZER OF ANOTHER PLANE. THE MIXTURE WAS IN IDLE-CUTOUT BUT THE PROP WAS STILL TURNING, DAMAGING THE L HORIZ STABILIZER. I HAD FULL PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES. THEY HAD WORKED FINE WHEN TESTED, PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT, PULLED THE EMER BRAKE AND PULLED THROTTLES AND MIXTURES BACK. AFTER THIS I LEARNED THAT THE PLANE HAD BEEN WRITTEN UP BEFORE AND WAS INVOLVED SOMETIME BEFORE IN A BRAKING FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN THE PLANE RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RWY AT ANOTHER ARPT.

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.

A part 135 cargo pilot collides with another aircraft parked at the ramp when his brakes fail near the ramp at bhm, al.