# Incident 20010316009389I: Amtr HARONROCKTII, Auburn, AL, March 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Airport: Auburn-Opelika G Pitts Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6099° N, 85.4808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Auburn, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6099&lon=-85.4808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540HB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540HB-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Heisler Martin HARMON ROCKET II (registry code 05605YX, https://openairdocs.org/model/heisler-martin-harmon-rocket-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HARONROCKTII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010316009389I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)ON 03/16/01, N540HB, MADE A CROSS WIND LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AT AUBURN-OPELIKA AIRPORT. PILOT STATED, WHILE CORRECTING FOR THE CROSS WIND WITH THE LEFT RUDDER, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST.  HE HEARD SOMETHING SNAP AND THEN LOST THE LEFT RUDDER PEDDLE.  HE THEN APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT BRAKE TO GROUND LOOP TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT.  THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RUDDER CABLE HAD DETACHED FROM THE LEFT RUDDER PEDDLE.  AIRMAN COUNSELED.  THIS CASE IN CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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