Embraer 500 N226CP
10 September 2010 · Brenham, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 10 September 2010 at about 17:52 local time, a Embraer 500 registered N226CP was involved in an incident near Brenham, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 17:52
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Brenham, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Brenham Municipal Airport (11R)
- Coordinates
- 30.2183, -96.3711
- Aircraft
- Embraer 500
- Registration
- N226CP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Tucson → Brenham
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN10IA535
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilots’ decision to depart with a known failed brake control unit.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The crewmembers reported that they were still on the ground and noticed a crew alerting system (CAS) message indicating a brake failure. They decided to continue their departure, and the CAS message stayed active for the entire flight. After touchdown, the co-pilot was flying the airplane when he discovered that the brakes did not work, and the airplane began skidding when he pulled the emergency parking brake handle. The airplane was moving about 50 to 60 knots when both tires blew. While the airplane was still skidding on the runway, the nose rotated about 120 degrees to the left and the airplane exited the left side of the runway while moving sideways to the right. The right main landing gear collapsed after contacting the soft ground on the side of the runway. A postaccident examination of the brake control unit (BCU) revealed a fault on the printed circuit board that led to an open circuit for a component installed on the board. The open circuit caused the failure of the BCU and the loss of normal braking. An examination of the remaining systems revealed no anomalies.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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