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A lancair legacy's right brake line fitting failed during landing; so the pilot shut the engine down; taxied off the end of the runway then applied a brake to spin the aircraft around only hitting a taxiway light with a inner gear door.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 974971 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201110 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Lancair Legacy |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Hydraulic Lines Connectors Fittings |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 1000 Flight Crew Type 50 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
[During] landing; I landed and applied brakes. The right brake line; at a fitting; failed. I maintained directional control using rudder until rudder was no longer effective. I shut engine off. I could not use the left brake because the plane would have spun on the runway. I allowed the plane to continue to the end of the runway toward an overrun area. Once I entered the soft dirt I then applied the left brake to spin the plane; which stopped. Leaving the end of the runway; the right inner gear door struck and broke a taxiway light.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Lancair Legacy's right brake line fitting failed during landing; so the pilot shut the engine down; taxied off the end of the runway then applied a brake to spin the aircraft around only hitting a taxiway light with a inner gear door.
Narrative: [During] landing; I landed and applied brakes. The right brake line; at a fitting; failed. I maintained directional control using rudder until rudder was no longer effective. I shut engine off. I could not use the left brake because the plane would have spun on the runway. I allowed the plane to continue to the end of the runway toward an overrun area. Once I entered the soft dirt I then applied the left brake to spin the plane; which stopped. Leaving the end of the runway; the right inner gear door struck and broke a taxiway light.
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.