# Incident 20200422005769I: Rahm Jeff LANCAIR IV-P, Hayward, WI, April 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2020, 11:05 local time
- Place: Hayward, WI
- Airport: Sawyer County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0253° N, 91.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAWYER COUNTY (HYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0253&lon=-91.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318CG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAHM JEFF LANCAIR IV-P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200422005769I

## Narrative

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

N318CG LEFT HOME BASE MANKATO, MN (KMKT) FOR HAYWARD, WI (KHYR) FLYING 50 MINUTES.  THE PIC LINED UP FOR A FULL STOP TO RWY 03.  WINDS WERE 120/10G18 SO A DIRECT RIGHT CROSSWIND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRABBED INTO THE WIND.  CROSSING THE THRESHOLD THE PILOT STEPPED ON LEFT RUDDER PEDAL TO ORIENT THE NOSE ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY, AND INPUTTED RIGHT WING DOWN AILERON FOR THE CROSSWIND.  JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN THE PILOT HEARD A POP AND LOST AND THE LEFT PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY FORWARD.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND BEGAN A DRIFT TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PIC STATED THE LEFT PEDAL WAS GONE AND HE COULD NOT ADJUST BACK TO THE LEFT.  AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY IT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT.  LEAVING THE PREPARED TERRAIN THE PIC PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN THE GRASS FOR 600 FT ON A HEADING OF 320.  IT ULTIMATELY STOPPED WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN MOUNT SANK IN THE MUD COLLAPSING AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT; PROP, SMALL FUSELAGE RWY LIGHT IMPACT AND LANDING GEAR.  FAA POST INCIDENT MAINTENANCE INSPECTION DID REVEAL BROKEN RUDDER CABLE.

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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