ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195279
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| Date: | Monday 8 May 2017 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18A Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N245KW |
| MSN: | 18-2495 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4555 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Coeur d'Alene Airport/Pappy Boyington Field (KCOE), Coeur d'Alene, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Coeur D'alene, ID (COE) |
| Coeur D'alene, ID (COE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot reported that, shortly after takeoff for the personal flight, the airplane began to yaw left and that he applied right rudder input in an attempt to regain yaw control; however, the airplane did not respond. The pilot subsequently initiated a forced landing, during which the airplane impacted the ground in a nose-down attitude, and it then came to rest oriented about 90o perpendicular to the runway.
Postaccident examination revealed that the forward right rudder cable, between the front and rear seats, had detached at the rear seat foot pedal connection. The cable had pulled through its swage sleeve, indicating that the swage had not been adequately compressed. The cable appeared to have been recently replaced; however, during a review of maintenance records, no logbook entry was found documenting the replacement.
Probable Cause: The loss of yaw control due to an inadequately compressed rudder swage, which resulted from inadequate maintenance and led to the separation of the forward right rudder cable.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N245KW
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2017 22:20 | Geno | Added |
| 09-May-2017 00:38 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 09-May-2017 14:55 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2018 14:44 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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