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After landing long, C182 pilot discovered loss of left brake during rollout. Unable to stop on runway, pilot made an uneventful excursion off right side of runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 485955 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 0tx1.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 61 flight time total : 2141 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 785955 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical excursion : runway non adherence other other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable none taken : insufficient time |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On rollout after landing, pilot discovered there was no response from left brake. Brakes were applied 3 times. Each time the left brake depressed all the way to the floor with no response, the right brake pulled the airplane to the right side of the runway. At this point, the pilot did not feel there was sufficient room to safely go around with trees and hill off end of runway. Rather than running off the end of the runway and down a hill to a fence, pilot applied right brake, entered grass off the right side of the runway and came to rest in a bush. There were no injuries and only scratches to the airplane. The touchdown on this landing was approximately 1/2 way down the runway which normally would leave plenty of room for braking to a stop on this runway. However, this pilot having experienced the difficulty of stopping with faulty brakes will plan to land closer to the numbers in the future. Touchdown point may have been result of slight tailwind as windsocks at each end of runway indicated opposite directions resulting in tailwind at each end. Had the touchdown been closer to the numbers there would have been more time to stop or perhaps to go around.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER LNDG LONG, C182 PLT DISCOVERED LOSS OF L BRAKE DURING ROLLOUT. UNABLE TO STOP ON RWY, PLT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL EXCURSION OFF R SIDE OF RWY.
Narrative: ON ROLLOUT AFTER LNDG, PLT DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM L BRAKE. BRAKES WERE APPLIED 3 TIMES. EACH TIME THE L BRAKE DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RESPONSE, THE R BRAKE PULLED THE AIRPLANE TO THE R SIDE OF THE RWY. AT THIS POINT, THE PLT DID NOT FEEL THERE WAS SUFFICIENT ROOM TO SAFELY GO AROUND WITH TREES AND HILL OFF END OF RWY. RATHER THAN RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RWY AND DOWN A HILL TO A FENCE, PLT APPLIED R BRAKE, ENTERED GRASS OFF THE R SIDE OF THE RWY AND CAME TO REST IN A BUSH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY SCRATCHES TO THE AIRPLANE. THE TOUCHDOWN ON THIS LNDG WAS APPROX 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RWY WHICH NORMALLY WOULD LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR BRAKING TO A STOP ON THIS RWY. HOWEVER, THIS PLT HAVING EXPERIENCED THE DIFFICULTY OF STOPPING WITH FAULTY BRAKES WILL PLAN TO LAND CLOSER TO THE NUMBERS IN THE FUTURE. TOUCHDOWN POINT MAY HAVE BEEN RESULT OF SLIGHT TAILWIND AS WINDSOCKS AT EACH END OF RWY INDICATED OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS RESULTING IN TAILWIND AT EACH END. HAD THE TOUCHDOWN BEEN CLOSER TO THE NUMBERS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE TIME TO STOP OR PERHAPS TO GO AROUND.
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.