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C310 pilot taxies too fast. Pilot and other pilot observer try to brake aircraft. Right brake locks up, swerving aircraft into a hangar. Reporter cites tailwind and a downhill ramp.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 367058 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : o45 |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zid |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 310/T310C |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 800 flight time type : 6 |
| ASRS Report | 367058 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : observer observation : passenger |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence other other anomaly other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Returning to the hangar after refueling. We were taxiing downwind. The aircraft accelerated due to a slightly downhill ramp and the wind. Attempting to slow the aircraft down. Both pilots attempted maximum braking without correction for directional control. The airplane yawed to the right due to the locked right brake making 160 degree turn striking the left wingtip into the hangar. The resulting damage was the navigation light cover cracked and a crushed fairing, with slight damage to the hangar. A clear understanding of delegation of pilot at controls vs pilot not at controls duties. Also, a slower taxi speed would have aided in prevention of damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C310 PLT TAXIES TOO FAST. PLT AND OTHER PLT OBSERVER TRY TO BRAKE ACFT. R BRAKE LOCKS UP, SWERVING ACFT INTO A HANGAR. RPTR CITES TAILWIND AND A DOWNHILL RAMP.
Narrative: RETURNING TO THE HANGAR AFTER REFUELING. WE WERE TAXIING DOWNWIND. THE ACFT ACCELERATED DUE TO A SLIGHTLY DOWNHILL RAMP AND THE WIND. ATTEMPTING TO SLOW THE ACFT DOWN. BOTH PLTS ATTEMPTED MAX BRAKING WITHOUT CORRECTION FOR DIRECTIONAL CTL. THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE R DUE TO THE LOCKED R BRAKE MAKING 160 DEG TURN STRIKING THE L WINGTIP INTO THE HANGAR. THE RESULTING DAMAGE WAS THE NAV LIGHT COVER CRACKED AND A CRUSHED FAIRING, WITH SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE HANGAR. A CLR UNDERSTANDING OF DELEGATION OF PLT AT CTLS VS PLT NOT AT CTLS DUTIES. ALSO, A SLOWER TAXI SPD WOULD HAVE AIDED IN PREVENTION OF DAMAGE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.