Boeing A-75 N56551

Summary

On 21 July 2007 at about 23:00 local time, a Boeing A-75 registered N56551 was involved in an accident near Spokane, Washington, United States. 2 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.

Date

21 July 2007 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Spokane, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Felts Field (KSFF)

Coordinates

47.6839, -117.3208

Aircraft

Boeing A-75

Registration

N56551

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Spokane → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA07LA213

Nobody was injured.

The locking/seizing of a main landing gear brake mechanism during the landing roll.

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

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Soon after touching down on the main landing gear, the airplane's left brake locked up, and the airplane began to veer toward the edge of the runway. During the pilot's attempts to keep the airplane rolling straight, both bottom wings came in contact with the runway surface, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane's left tire had created a significant skid mark starting just past where the airplane touched down. There was no evidence of skidding of the right main landing gear tire. The investigation did not reveal any reason for the malfunction of the left brake, but the skid mark on the runway indicated that the brake mechanism had malfunctioned or locked up while the airplane was in the air, or during the touchdown sequence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.