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SEA88LA057

1988-03-12 · ELMA, Washington, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport WA22

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DURING LANDING ROLL THE PILOT APPLIED TOE BRAKES. THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE DESPITE THE PILOTS ATTEMPT TO GROUNDLOOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED OVER AN EMBANKMENT, COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR. THE RIGHT BRAKE DISC WAS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED IN THE AREA OF A WELD. THE BRAKE DISC WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN CORRODED. UNEVEN WEAR WAS EVIDENT ON THE DISC. THE BRAKE LININGS WERE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN WORN. 100 HOURS HAD BEEN FLOWN ON THE AIRCRAFT SINCE THE ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_SEA88LA057.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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