A brittan norman islander pilot reported losing control of his aircraft on landing when a brake cali...

Attributes
ACN	866529
Time
Date	200912
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	BN-2A Islander/Defender
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Normal Brake System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 1050 Flight Crew Type 450
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

Upon landing I experienced a broken left brake caliper; and that put me on the grass with an uncontrollable plane causing minimum damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Brittan Norman Islander pilot reported losing control of his aircraft on landing when a brake caliper failed.

Narrative: Upon landing I experienced a broken left brake caliper; and that put me on the grass with an uncontrollable plane causing minimum damage.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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 brittan norman islander pilot reported losing control of his aircraft on landing when a brake caliper failed.