# Accident 20090116000339A: Jones TAILWIND, Yucca Valley, CA, January 16, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Yucca Valley, CA
- Airport: Yucca Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1497° N, 116.4092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1497&lon=-116.4092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90086, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90086-2009-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jones Rodney V WITTMAN TAILWIND (registry code 05610L0, https://openairdocs.org/model/jones-rodney-v-wittman-tailwind) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E2A (registry code 42120, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JONES TAILWIND
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 299 total, 160 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090116000339A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT UPON APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES (TOE) THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL BROKE AT THE BASE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH.  AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOP AT MIDFIELD RUNWAY 24.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN COLLASPE OF THE LEFT GEAR AND LEFT WING TIP DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR09CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA094), Jan 16, 2009: Jones Rodney V Wittman TA (N90086), Yucca Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of directional control due to a weld joint failure of the left rudder pedal.

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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