Accident Cessna 175 N7293M, Friday 11 January 1991

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Date:	Friday 11 January 1991
Time:	16:50 LT
Type:	Cessna 175
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N7293M
MSN:	55593
Year of manufacture:	1958
Total airframe hrs:	1494 hours
Engine model:	Continental GO-300-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Okeechobee, FL - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Cocoa, FL (KCOI)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT STATED HE OVERFLEW THE PVT ARPT & LOOKED AT AN ADJACENT LAKE FOR INDICATION OF WIND DIRECTION & VELOCITY, BUT STATED THE WIND APPEARED TO BE LIGHT. HE ELECTED TO LAND TO THE NORTH & AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE RT BRAKE LINE FAILED AT THE BRAKE CALIPER. THE ACFT TRAVELLED OFF THE END OF THE RWY, ACROSS A ROAD, AND NOSED OVER AFTER TRAVELLING DOWN A DITCH EMBANKMENT WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. ACCORDING TO A SHERIFF DEPUTY WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, THE PLT LANDED WITH A 15 KT TAILWIND. THE PLT FURTHER STATED THAT THERE IS NO WINDSOCK AT THE ARPT.

Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE RIGHT BRAKE LINE AT THE CALIPER DURING THE LANDING ROLL RENDERING THE BRAKES INEFFECTIVE. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF WIND DIRECTION.

Accident investigation: