Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3; Flight Crew Total 255; Flight Crew Type 14
Troubleshooting
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
I departed ZZZ at ZA:10 local on an IFR flight plan to ZZZ1 in [a rented aircraft]. A preflight inspection at ZZZ revealed no items of concern; and the brakes responded as expected when I tested them upon first movement from the tie down spot and throughout my taxi. The weather was VMC for the duration of the flight; and the weather I picked up on the ZZZ1 ATIS 15 minutes prior to arrival was winds 320@7kts; 9SM visibility; sky clear. I informed ZZZ Approach I would take the visual approach to Runway XX; at which point they cleared me for the visual approach and handed me off to ZZZ1 Tower. Tower requested me to continue on course to fly a left base for Runway XX and report three miles west of the field. Upon my reporting three miles west of the field; they cleared me to land runway XX. Upon nearing the extended centerline; I turned 90 degrees left and aligned myself on an approximately three mile final for Runway XX while at approximately 1;200 feet MSL and 90 KIAS. I completed my final approach and before-landing checks; including pumping the brakes to check for pressure; and crossed the runway threshold at approximately 65 KIAS with 30 degrees of flaps. Immediately upon touching down; the aircraft yawed violently to the left. I applied full right rudder deflection; which somewhat arrested the left yawing and increased the radius of the turn. However; the left main wheel by that time had entered the grass adjoining the runway; further aggravating left yaw. The aircraft continued to rotate about the left wheel until it came to a stop facing approximately due east approximately 75 feet from the west edge of the runway. After ensuring there was no immediate danger of fire or structural damage; I checked the main gear tires out the windows to see if one had blown; but they appeared to be OK. I advised Tower I would try to taxi back to the runway and proceed to the ramp. Upon applying throttle; the aircraft pivoted about its pitch axis into a slight nose-down attitude; which ceased upon decreasing throttle. I tried twice more to increase throttle to induce forward movement; but the aircraft continued to pitch forward when throttle was increased and pitch backward when throttle was decreased. At that point; I informed Tower I would need a tug. An airport crew came with a tug and attached a towbar to the aircraft. Upon attempting to pull the aircraft forward; the tug was not able to move it and subsequently became stuck in the ground. The airport crew then tried using a pickup truck to pull the tug while the tug pulled the aircraft; but the pickup truck became stuck. A 4wd pickup truck came and was able to remove the tug and the first pickup truck back to the runway. The airport crew used a shovel to dig the front wheel of the aircraft out of the ground; as it had become stuck during the previous attempts to taxi back onto the runway. They then attached the towbar to the 4wd pickup truck and were able to get the aircraft moving and onto the runway. I was then able to taxi the aircraft to the ramp under its own power; but noticed it had difficulty tracking in a straight line without additional brake inputs. Upon reaching the ramp; I did a quick inspection of the brake assemblies and discovered a metal-on-metal scraping noise when moving the aircraft back and forth by hand and no movement of the calipers when the toe brakes were actuated. At this point; I felt it was unsafe to continue operating the aircraft and arranged for a mechanic to inspect it the following morning. I called the owner; and he told me; 'that is why you shouldn't take that airplane places on a [weekend] afternoon - no one is around to fix it.' The mechanic inspected the brakes and found that the caliper slider pins were void of lubricant and rusted frozen; one brake lining was missing its rivets due to them rusting away; and several fasteners were loose. He replaced the linings on both slides; lubricated the assemblies; and torqued all the fasteners. I visually inspected the brakes; tested them on the ramp and during runup; and was satisfied that the aircraft was safe to operate. I departed ZZZ1 and had an uneventful IFR flight and landing back at ZZZ.In the future; I will add more thorough visual inspection of the brake assemblies to my preflight inspections; along with checking to make sure the calipers move when the brakes are actuated. I will also land prepared for a problem such as stuck brake; blown tire; or FOD and be more ready to immediately lift back off if safe to do so.
GA pilot reported that during touchdown the aircraft yawed violently; departed the runway; and became stuck in the grass. Subsequent maintenance inspection found that the wheel brake assembly was rusted and had missing parts.