# Incident 20210126000329I: Goodloe John RV-8, Brigeport, TX, January 26, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2021, 12:00 local time
- Place: Brigeport, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6279G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6279G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Goodloe John RV-8 (registry code 05629OP, https://openairdocs.org/model/goodloe-john-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior IO-360 series (registry code 59251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GOODLOE JOHN RV-8
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 24,455 total, 575 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210126000329I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 26, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200CST, N6276G WAS DEPARTING BRIDGEPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (XBP) ON RUNWAY 36L, FOR NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT (52F). DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLLOUT, AT APPROXIMATELY 40 KNOTS, THE PILOT MADE A LEFT RUDDER INPUT TO CORRECT FOR A CROSS WIND AND THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND TO THE DESIRED INPUT. THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT EXITING THE RUNWAY TO ITS RIGHT. DUE TO SOFT SOIL, DUE TO RECENT RAIN, THE WHEELS PARTIALLY SANK INTO THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL PANTS. NO IMPACT NOR FURTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND HE WAS UNINJURED.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN FROM 52F TO XBP EARLIER IN THE DAY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT RUDDER SYSTEM REVEALED THAT DUE TO UNKNOWN REASONS, THE HARDWARE SECURING THE LEFT RUDDER CABLE TO THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL WAS NO LONGER PRESENT, CAUSING THE CABLE TO DETACH FROM THE PEDAL.

RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE LAST CONDITION INSPECTION PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT TOOK PLACE ON 05/13/2020 TACH/TOTAL AIRCRAFT TIME 438.7.

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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