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Cessna CE-500 N41SH

20 June 1998 · Fishers Island, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 June 1998 at about 01:44 local time, a Cessna CE-500 registered N41SH was involved in an accident near Fishers Island, New York, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 01:44
Classification
Accident
Location
Fishers Island, New York, United States
Nearest airport
Elizabeth Field Airport (08B)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna CE-500
Registration
N41SH
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Executive/Corporate
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Teterboro → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
NYC98LA198

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

An intermittent short in the right wheel anti-skid system which caused a loss of braking and subsequent overrun.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane landed on a dark night on a 2,328 ft long runway. The pilot and co-pilot reported the airplane touched down on the numbers, and after initial braking and deceleration, the brakes ceased to work, but the brake pedals remained firm. The pilot attempted to reach the emergency brake handle but was restrained by the shoulder harness which had locked. He then pressed very hard on the brake pedals and overrode the anti-skid system and was able to momentarily push the brakes into manual. He was unable to stop the airplane on the runway and struck a rock seawall at the departure end of the runway. Post accident examination found an intermittent short in the wiring on the right wheel anti-skid system. According to the anti-skid manufacturer, with an intermittent short, the ANTI-SKID FAIL light would not illuminate. Photos of tire marks on the runway indicated the system was occasionally reverting to manual braking due to the pilot pushing extremely hard on the brake pedals. The required landing distance of 2,146 feet was computed with the airplane crossing the runway threshold at 50 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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