# Incident 20040905021929I: Piper PA18, Homer, AK, September 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2004, 17:15 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Airport: Homer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6455° N, 151.4766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOMER (HOM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6455&lon=-151.4766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1034A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1034A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,005 total, 845 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040905021929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RH RUDDER INTERCONNECT CABLE, FROM PILOTS RUDDER PEDAL TO COPILOTS RUDDER PEDAL SEPARATED AT PILOTS RH RUDDER CONNECT TAB DURING TAKEOFF. PIC RETAINED CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT THROUGH AILERON CONTROL. PASSENGER IN REAR SEAT HAD CONTROL OF RUDDER THROUGH REAR RUDDER PEDALS. FLEW AIRCRAFT TO HOMER AIRPORT AND MADE 2 PRACTICE APPROACHES TO RUNWAY WITH PASSENGER IN CONTROL OF THE RUDDER. ATTEMPTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT AT HOMER AIRPORT AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. NOSED DOWN AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING AND PROP STRUCK RUNWAY WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.

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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