Cessna 180 N9260C

Summary

On 7 July 2006 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N9260C was involved in an accident near Downsville, Texas, United States. One person was 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.

Date

7 July 2006 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Downsville, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Private (N/A)

Coordinates

31.4539, -97.0656

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N9260C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Downsville → Downsville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW06CA178

Nobody was injured.

The malfunction in the braking system which caused the parking brake to engage and lock the right main wheel resulting in a loss of directional control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 2,800-hour private pilot lost control of the tailwheel-equipped single-engine airplane while landing to the northwest on the 1,900-foot long private grass airstrip. The pilot reported that upon landing, the right main landing gear brake locked and would not release. The airplane then turned to the right and the left landing gear collapsed. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, who responded to the accident, examined the airplane and found the right main landing gear wheel and brake assembly was intact and the brake pads were "in a released state, and not binding to the brake disk." During maintenance repairs to the airplane, an airframe and powerplant mechanic discovered that when he pushed on the main toe-brake, the parking brake mechanism would lock the right main landing gear brake. He reported that this was a common problem for this make/model airplane. The pilot reported that at the time of the mishap, the winds were from 130 degrees at 10 knots. The winds at the nearest weather reporting facility, located 5 miles north of the accident site were reporting the wind from 040 degrees at 8 knots at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.