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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Sedona, AZ · March 19, 2005

Date: March 19, 2005 · 13:00 local
Place: Sedona, AZ
Airport: Sedona Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N197R
Reported as: Beech A36
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,900 total140 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N197RRegistered now · Beech A36S/N E520 · Built 1974 Airframe modelBeech A36 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) PIC stated he was operating aircraft from right seat because he flight instructs regularly and is more comfortable on right side. PIC stated the left seat passenger who is not qualified in the aircraft but was "following through" on the controls and inadvertently applied left brake causing the plane to swerve off of the runway before he could correct. Aircraft received prop strike, damage to left main gear door, and dent in lower left wing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PIC STATED HE WAS OPERATING AIRCRAFT FROM RIGHT SEAT BECAUSE HE FLIGHT INSTRUCTS REGULARLY AND IS MORE COMFORTABLE ON RIGHT SIDE. PIC STATED THE LEFT SEAT PASSENGER WHO IS NOT QUALIFIED IN THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS "FOLLOWING THROUGH" ON THE CONTROLS AND INADVERTENTLY APPLIED LEFT BRAKE CAUSING THE PLANE TO SWERVE OFF OF THE RUNWAY BEFORE HE COULD CORRECT. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED PROP STRIKE, DAMAGE TO LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR, AND DENT IN LOWER LEFT WING.