IMO there is too little info to really discuss this accident...or owner problems (do we know the aviation background of this guy?)
For those unfamiliar with the CJ: like all small Citations, it has a little electrical brake pump with a light (brake fail -> gear down and no brake pressure - pumps activated with gear down only - one of the reason why one puts down the gear handle even when blowing the gear down which would work with the handle up as well).
Thats btw the light you donīt want to do a take off abort for...
And 10 pulls is correct. However, from my CJ experience (bout 2000hrs) there are some airframes that have leaky emer brake bottles and some operators omit to have em filled up... NOT saying this is the case here.
Last edited by His dudeness; 15th Nov 2012 at 15:53.