19990317012749I

Incident

FAA incident report · Amtr RV6 · Long Beach, CA · March 17, 1999

Date
March 17, 1999 · 09:30 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach - Daugherty Field
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N181R
Reported as
Amtr RV6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

On landing rollout at approximately 10KTS, pilot applied light braking pressure. Right rudder pedal failed at weld between rudder pedal support and rudder cross tube. Aircraft executed ground loop or 270 degrees without injury to pilot or subsequent damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON LANDING ROLLOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 10KTS, PILOT APPLIED LIGHT BRAKING PRESSURE. RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL FAILED AT WELD BETWEEN RUDDER PEDAL SUPPORT AND RUDDER CROSS TUBE. AIRCRAFT EXECUTED GROUND LOOP OR 270 DEGREES WITHOUT INJURY TO PILOT OR SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.