Fayetteville Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Fayetteville, North Carolina 28306
Friday, November 3, 1995 11:02 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

While taxiing near the 90-degree taxiway turn-off to the runway, the brakes failed. The pilot elected to secure the engines, and while continuing down a slight grade, he applied full throttle to both left wing engines. The airplane rolled off the right side of the taxiway onto grass but continued across the taxiway run-up area down an embankment. The pilot then restarted the No. 1 engine and applied full throttle but the left wing of the airplane collided with a localizer antenna building. Postaccident examination of the hydraulic system revealed intermittent failure of the pressure check valve for the hydraulic hand pump, and failure of the pressure relief valve for the electric hydraulic pump.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the failure of the airplane's normal brake system due to the open position of the pressure relief valve. Contributing to the accident was the pilot in command's premature engine shutdown resulting in the airplane colliding with the localizer building.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/3/1995
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1102
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City FAYETTEVILLE
Event State NORTH CAROLINA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 28306
Event Date Year 1995
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID FAY
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 190
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1125 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 360
Weather Observation Facility ID FAY
Elevation of weather observation facility 190
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 9000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 1000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 6
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 24
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 19
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 250
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2045
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 3 1995 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1235
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Dec 7 2000 4:43PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N3703G
NTSB Number MIA96LA017
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Boeing
Aircraft Model B-17G
Aircraft Series Identifier B-17G
Aircraft Serial Number 44-83546-A
Certified Max Gross Weight 52000
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 5
Number of Engines 4
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Sep 1 1995 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 22
Airframe Hours 8299
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name DAVID C. TALLICHET, JR.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 6604 LA CUMBRE
Aircraft Owner City ORANGE
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 92669
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code FAY
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code NZC
Destination City JACKSONVILLE
Destination State FL
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --