Musketeer pilot has brake failure pulling out of tie down and collides with parked aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	728645
Time
Date	200702
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Weather Elements	Windshear
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Musketeer 23
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Rangemaster (Navion)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Experience	flight time total : 215
ASRS Report	728645
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After ordering fuel earlier in the day; the pilot untied and preflted the plane. Then; loading in 1 passenger in the copilot position; the pilot briefed the passenger; using the start-up checklist. The pilot; at the proper point in this sequence; started the engine; adjusted throttle; checked instruments and began the taxi slowly moving out of the tie-down space; down-slope tarmac; the intention being to make an immediate r-hand turn; heading south on the taxi centerline to test brakes; charge the battery and proceed to south vacant tarmac area. Immediately after the plane began to move from the tie-down spot; the pilot felt an unusually strong wind gust from the rear of the plane and at the same split second; what felt like spongy brake failure in trying to stop the movement of the plane forward. Resorting to rudder control efforts to steer hard right; the pilot was unable to gain control to avoid hitting the plane (avians robbins) in the tie-down row just feet away and across the pilot's taxiway. In spite of the split second effort of the pilot to kill the engine using mixture control; fuel starvation and 'off' ignition; it was not in time to avoid propeller contact between the 2 planes; resulting in damage to both planes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MUSKETEER PILOT HAS BRAKE FAILURE PULLING OUT OF TIE DOWN AND COLLIDES WITH PARKED ACFT.

Narrative: AFTER ORDERING FUEL EARLIER IN THE DAY; THE PLT UNTIED AND PREFLTED THE PLANE. THEN; LOADING IN 1 PAX IN THE COPLT POS; THE PLT BRIEFED THE PAX; USING THE START-UP CHKLIST. THE PLT; AT THE PROPER POINT IN THIS SEQUENCE; STARTED THE ENG; ADJUSTED THROTTLE; CHKED INSTS AND BEGAN THE TAXI SLOWLY MOVING OUT OF THE TIE-DOWN SPACE; DOWN-SLOPE TARMAC; THE INTENTION BEING TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE R-HAND TURN; HEADING S ON THE TAXI CTRLINE TO TEST BRAKES; CHARGE THE BATTERY AND PROCEED TO S VACANT TARMAC AREA. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PLANE BEGAN TO MOVE FROM THE TIE-DOWN SPOT; THE PLT FELT AN UNUSUALLY STRONG WIND GUST FROM THE REAR OF THE PLANE AND AT THE SAME SPLIT SECOND; WHAT FELT LIKE SPONGY BRAKE FAILURE IN TRYING TO STOP THE MOVEMENT OF THE PLANE FORWARD. RESORTING TO RUDDER CTL EFFORTS TO STEER HARD R; THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN CTL TO AVOID HITTING THE PLANE (AVIANS ROBBINS) IN THE TIE-DOWN ROW JUST FEET AWAY AND ACROSS THE PLT'S TXWY. IN SPITE OF THE SPLIT SECOND EFFORT OF THE PLT TO KILL THE ENG USING MIXTURE CTL; FUEL STARVATION AND 'OFF' IGNITION; IT WAS NOT IN TIME TO AVOID PROP CONTACT BTWN THE 2 PLANES; RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH PLANES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.