C402 pilot reports brake and steering failure during parking and wing tip strikes parked vehicle.

Attributes
ACN	786299
Time
Date	200805
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Rain
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Cessna 402/402C/B379 Businessliner/Utiliner
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 1515 flight time type : 60
ASRS Report	786299
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : vehicle other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Upon attempting to park; I lost control of ground steering and the left wingtip struck a parked; unoccupied van. I attempted to make a 90 degree turn to the right; trying to line the plane up with hash-marks painted on the yellow stop-line. The plane slowly turned to right; then continued tracking straight; I applied full right nosewheel and full right brake; but there was no response. Upon realizing the plane was unable to turn and was bound to strike the van I cut-off both mixtures. The left wingtip struck the van while the engines had just completely stopped and shutdown. Several people came to see what had happened and an arff employee came out; took my information to fill out an airport incident report. I called operations at my company at that point for further assistance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C402 PILOT REPORTS BRAKE AND STEERING FAILURE DURING PARKING AND WING TIP STRIKES PARKED VEHICLE.

Narrative: UPON ATTEMPTING TO PARK; I LOST CTL OF GND STEERING AND THE L WINGTIP STRUCK A PARKED; UNOCCUPIED VAN. I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A 90 DEG TURN TO THE R; TRYING TO LINE THE PLANE UP WITH HASH-MARKS PAINTED ON THE YELLOW STOP-LINE. THE PLANE SLOWLY TURNED TO R; THEN CONTINUED TRACKING STRAIGHT; I APPLIED FULL R NOSEWHEEL AND FULL R BRAKE; BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. UPON REALIZING THE PLANE WAS UNABLE TO TURN AND WAS BOUND TO STRIKE THE VAN I CUT-OFF BOTH MIXTURES. THE L WINGTIP STRUCK THE VAN WHILE THE ENGS HAD JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED AND SHUTDOWN. SEVERAL PEOPLE CAME TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND AN ARFF EMPLOYEE CAME OUT; TOOK MY INFO TO FILL OUT AN ARPT INCIDENT RPT. I CALLED OPS AT MY COMPANY AT THAT POINT FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.