Pilot flying a german schempp-hirth glider; narrowly missed ground crews and other aircraft while turning off the runway when his master cylinder for the landing brake failed.

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Attributes
ACN	792469
Time
Date	200806
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 1l9.airport
State Reference	UT
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Sail Plane
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 35 flight time total : 30000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	792469
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Turning off the runway at the end after landing brake failed. Narrowly missed ground crews standing by as well as other aircraft stopped or parked nearby. German manufactured plane; us brake (cleveland); german motorcycle master cylinder. Recommend schempp-hirth contact cleveland or find other source for master cylinder. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated he has since replaced the brake disc; piston and installed (resealed) the master brake cylinder with new seals. Reporter stated one of the ground crew workers stopped the glider by grabbing onto the wing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PILOT FLYING A GERMAN SCHEMPP-HIRTH GLIDER; NARROWLY MISSED GROUND CREWS AND OTHER ACFT WHILE TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY WHEN HIS MASTER CYLINDER FOR THE LANDING BRAKE FAILED.

Narrative: TURNING OFF THE RWY AT THE END AFTER LNDG BRAKE FAILED. NARROWLY MISSED GND CREWS STANDING BY AS WELL AS OTHER ACFT STOPPED OR PARKED NEARBY. GERMAN MANUFACTURED PLANE; US BRAKE (CLEVELAND); GERMAN MOTORCYCLE MASTER CYLINDER. RECOMMEND SCHEMPP-HIRTH CONTACT CLEVELAND OR FIND OTHER SOURCE FOR MASTER CYLINDER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: REPORTER STATED HE HAS SINCE REPLACED THE BRAKE DISC; PISTON AND INSTALLED (RESEALED) THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER WITH NEW SEALS. REPORTER STATED ONE OF THE GROUND CREW WORKERS STOPPED THE GLIDER BY GRABBING ONTO THE WING.

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.