Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 8 February 1986
Aircraft Type: Mitsubishi MU-300
Owner/operator: Raleigh Enterprises
Registration Number: N14DM
Location: Carlsbad, CA – ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: The aircraft’s brake and hydraulic systems.The aircraft’s brake and hydraulic systems.
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
An ACFT aircraft landed on Runway 24 at the McClaren-Palomar Airport due to braking failures after touching down ‘a little long’. Tests indicated brake and hydraulic systems were operating satisfactorily with no failures.An ACFT aircraft landed on Runway 24 at the McClaren-Palomar Airport due to braking failures after touching down ‘a little long’. Tests indicated brake and hydraulic systems were operating satisfactorily with no failures.

Description

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF RWY 24 AT THE MCCLELLEN-PALOMAR ARPT. LIGHT RAIN WAS REPORTED AT THE TIME AND THE WINDS WERE REPORTED TO THE PLTS AS BEING FROM 340 DEGS AT 10 KTS. THE RWY IS CONSTRUCTED OF A POROUS FRICTION COURSE (PFC) MATERIAL WHICH PROVIDES GOOD BRAKING ACTION AND A HYDROPLANE RESISTANT SURFACE. WITNESSES STATED THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN LONG AND FAST. THE PLTS STATED THEY TOUCHED DOWN ‘A LITTLE LONG’ AND THE BRAKED FAILED AS THEY NEARED THE END OF THE RWY. TESTS ON THE BRAKE AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS INDICATED THEY OPERATED SATISFACTORILY WITH NO FAILURES NOTED. THE PLTS STATED THEY DID NOT UTILIZE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND DID NOT STATE WHY THEY DIDN’T. THE PLT STATED THAT THE LANDING DATA COMPUTED WAS FOR A 10 KT HEADWIND COMPONENT ON A DRY RWY. Probable Cause:

Primary Cause

Braking system failures and hydraulic system failures.Braking system failures and hydraulic system failures.

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