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Event MKC84LA003

1983-10-05 DERBY, Kansas, United States Airport · K50 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT WAS PACTICING LANDINGS & STOPPED AFTER EACH TOUCHDOWN. AFTER APRX THE 5TH LANDING, THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE & THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RWY. BEFORE STOPPING, THE NOSE GEAR WENT IN A DITCH & COLLAPSED, AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT SEE THE DITCH BEFORE THE ENCOUNTER SINCE IT WAS COVERED WITH VEGETATION (GRASS). AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE BLEEDER PORT O-RING WAS IMPROPERLY SEATED ALLOWED HYDRAULIC FLUID TO LEAK WITH EACH APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WAS FOUND TO BE EMPTY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_MKC84LA003.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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What the literature says.

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