Event LAX92LA344

1992-08-08 NOVATO, California, United States Airport · O56 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3014R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIRBUS A319-115

Year of manufacture

2013

TCDS

A28NM · AIRBUS SAS

Engine

CFM INTL CFM56-5B6

Seats / Engines

147 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20131113

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A325FD

Registrant of record

AMERICAN AIRLINES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3014R Cessna 320A None

Probable cause & findings

THE LOCKED LEFT BRAKE ASSEMBLY DUE TO THE MISSING BRAKE RETAINING CLIPS.

Factual narrative

THE PILOT WAS CONCLUDING A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRPLANE SWERVED TO THE LEFT ON TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT APPLIED OPPOSITE RUDDER AND POWER BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT AND COLLIDED WITH A GULLY. LEFT TIRE SKID MARKS BEGAN AT THE TOUCHDOWN POINT. EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT BRAKE ASSEMBLY DISCLOSED THAT THE BRAKE DISK PARTIALLY CAME OUT OF ITS ATTACH POINT AND JAMMED AGAINST THE HOUSING EFFECTING A LOCKED BRAKE. THE EXAMINATION ALSO REVEALED THAT ALL BUT ONE OF THE BRAKE CLIPS WERE MISSING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_LAX92LA344.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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