Probable cause
Maintenance personnel’s improper installation of the right main landing gear brake assembly, which resulted in the loss of control during landing.
NTSB analysis
The pilot was landing his tailwheel-equipped airplane when, after touchdown, the airplane veered left. He added power to go around, but the airplane veered left again, started to climb, then stalled and impacted terrain, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector who examined the airplane after the accident reported that the right main landing gear brake torque plate was improperly installed.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA19TA216 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jun 29, 2019
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Pickens, South Carolina
- Nearest airport
- Pickens County (LQK)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 180
- N-number
- N75077
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1953
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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