AFTER LNDG LONG; C182 PLT DISCOVERED LOSS OF L BRAKE DURING ROLLOUT. UNABLE TO STOP ON RWY; PLT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL EXCURSION OFF R SIDE OF RWY.

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ON ROLLOUT AFTER LNDG; PLT DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM L BRAKE. BRAKES WERE APPLIED 3 TIMES. EACH TIME THE L BRAKE DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RESPONSE; THE R BRAKE PULLED THE AIRPLANE TO THE R SIDE OF THE RWY. AT THIS POINT; THE PLT DID NOT FEEL THERE WAS SUFFICIENT ROOM TO SAFELY GO AROUND WITH TREES AND HILL OFF END OF RWY. RATHER THAN RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RWY AND DOWN A HILL TO A FENCE; PLT APPLIED R BRAKE; ENTERED GRASS OFF THE R SIDE OF THE RWY AND CAME TO REST IN A BUSH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY SCRATCHES TO THE AIRPLANE. THE TOUCHDOWN ON THIS LNDG WAS APPROX 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RWY WHICH NORMALLY WOULD LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR BRAKING TO A STOP ON THIS RWY. HOWEVER; THIS PLT HAVING EXPERIENCED THE DIFFICULTY OF STOPPING WITH FAULTY BRAKES WILL PLAN TO LAND CLOSER TO THE NUMBERS IN THE FUTURE. TOUCHDOWN POINT MAY HAVE BEEN RESULT OF SLIGHT TAILWIND AS WINDSOCKS AT EACH END OF RWY INDICATED OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS RESULTING IN TAILWIND AT EACH END. HAD THE TOUCHDOWN BEEN CLOSER TO THE NUMBERS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE TIME TO STOP OR PERHAPS TO GO AROUND.