Cessna 525B N400GG

Summary

On 8 March 2008 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna 525B registered N400GG, operated by TGC Aircraft Investments, LLC, was involved in an accident near Stuart, Florida, 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

8 March 2008 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Stuart, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Witham Field (SUA)

Coordinates

27.1756, -80.2192

Aircraft

Cessna 525B

Registration

N400GG

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

TGC Aircraft Investments, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Stuart → Augusta

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA08CA074

Nobody was injured.

The flight crew's failure to reset the brakes circuit breaker resulting in a loss of brakes during taxi and an on ground collision with an unoccupied parked airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the flight crew, on March 6, 2008, the first officer had updated the Jepson Database and in the process had pulled the brake circuit breaker to keep the brake hydraulic motor from continuously cycling. This circuit breaker was missed when the airplane was restored to normal operating condition. On March 8, 2008, the first officer was performing the co-pilot duties. Clearance was received and the pilot in command began taxiing. The first officer started to program the flight management system. There was a strong gusty wind from the left. They had to make a 90-degee right turn to join the taxiway. The pilot in command made some comment about the brakes. The first officer looked up and they were headed toward an unoccupied parked airplane on the opposite side of the taxiway. At that time they struck the parked airplane. According to both crew members with the direction of the wind, nose steering alone was not enough to turn the airplane onto the taxiway. Brakes were needed but there were no brakes, and emergency brakes were not used.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.