What happened
During the landing phase at Houston-Sugar Land Airport, the aircraft was touching down on runway 35. The runway surface was wet at the time of the incident. Upon touchdown, the crew found that the aircraft had no braking action available.
Due to the lack of deceleration, the aircraft could not be stopped within the available runway length. This resulted in the aircraft exiting the paved surface and overrunning the runway. The aircraft eventually came to a stop in a nearby ditch. While the aircraft sustained damage that rendered it a total loss, there were no injuries reported among the two occupants on board.
Findings
- The runway conditions were wet during the landing.
- The crew experienced a complete lack of braking effectiveness on the runway surface.