19870910051669A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 · Irwin, PA · September 10, 1987

Date
September 10, 1987 · 18:15 local
Place
Irwin, PA
Airport
Inter County
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N290RW
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC87DGM03
Reported as
Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1
Reported engine
Lycoming O290*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,235 total4 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilots foot became jammed in rudder petals on takeoff causing a left banked attitude and the left wing struck trees

As the FAA filed it

PILOTS FOOT BECAME JAMMED IN RUDDER PETALS ON TAKEOFF CAUSING A LEFT BANKED ATTITUDE AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK TREES

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.