Fantasy Air ALLEGRO 2000 N5064E

Summary

On 17 August 2012 at about 22:45 local time, a Fantasy Air ALLEGRO 2000 registered N5064E, operated by Peter Anderson, was involved in an accident near Bear Creek, Wisconsin, 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

17 August 2012 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Bear Creek, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Private Airstrip (PVT)

Coordinates

44.5311, -88.7264

Aircraft

Fantasy Air ALLEGRO 2000

Registration

N5064E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Peter Anderson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waupaca → Bear Creek

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12CA567

Nobody was injured.

A malfunction of the right brake for reasons that could not be determined because of the perishable evidence, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the airplane veered sharply to the left when he applied the brakes during the landing roll on a grass airstrip. He applied right rudder to no avail, and the airplane continued to the left where the left wing contacted a corn crop. The airplane was pulled into the corn, where it came to rest with substantial damage to both wings and the aft fuselage. The pilot reported that the airplane’s brakes operated normally prior to takeoff. The brake system consists of main landing gear hydraulic disc brakes that are operated via a mechanical brake lever located on the control stick. The airplane has a steerable nosewheel, but no differential braking. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that both brakes functioned when the brake lever was operated; however, the left brake responded more quickly than the right brake. The presence of air in the hydraulic lines to the right brake may have affected the brake's responsiveness, but the examination was not able to establish that the lines contained air.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.