ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285161
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 March 2007 |
| Time: | 11:07 LT |
| Type: | Pietsch IT |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N214GP |
| MSN: | ZIA-0016 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 240 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Douglas, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Douglas Municipal Airport, AZ (DGL/KDGL) |
| Douglas Municipal Airport, AZ (DGL/KDGL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During landing rollout, the pilot's experimental amateur-built airplane swerved off the runway and nosed over in soft dirt. The pilot-builder had been practicing maneuvers for an air show when the right rudder control cable became disconnected. Safety wire, which secured a turnbuckle connecting two ends of the rudder cable, had chafed against a rudder pedal until the wire broke. Thereafter, the turn buckle unthreaded from the cable ends and the cables separated. The pilot's ability to maintain directional control during landing was compromised.
Probable Cause: a loss of directional control during landing due to separation of the rudder cable. A factor was the soft dirt terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX07CA107
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2022 18:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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