Probable cause
The pilot's excessive application of the right brake during the landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.
NTSB analysis
When the pilot applied the airplane's wheel brakes during the landing roll on an asphalt runway, he heard a "metal clanging noise." The airplane veered off the right side of the runway and tipped over on the left wing. This landing was the pilot's first landing on an asphalt surface since the brakes had been serviced and the right brake pads replaced. Most of the pilot's previous landings had been performed on grass strips. During a postaccident examination, the right brake assembly was disassembled and no preaccident malfunctions were found with the brake, its associated brake lines, or the master cylinder.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN13LA459 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jul 25, 2013
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Greencastle, Indiana
- Nearest airport
- Putnam County Airport (4I7)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 180H
- N-number
- N28RR
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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