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LAX87LA273

1987-07-20 · LAKE TAHOE, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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WHILE TAXIING TO THE RWY, THE PLT STATED THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILED. THE ACFT ROLLED OFF THE TAXIWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A TRANSFORMER. INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE LININGS WERE WORN AND THAT THE PISTON IN THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER HAD TRAVELED PAST THE O-RING ALLOWING A LOSS OF PRESSURE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_LAX87LA273.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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