# Incident 20211229021499I: Pettigrew Richard B GLASAIR III, Melbourne, FL, December 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2021, 12:45 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104DP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N104DP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pettigrew Richard B GLASAIR III (registry code 056216B, https://openairdocs.org/model/pettigrew-richard-b-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1A5 (registry code 41663, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PETTIGREW RICHARD B GLASAIR III
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211229021499I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27 AT MELBOURNE, FLORIDA AIRPORT WITH NO ISSUES. WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A RIGHT TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY AT THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE RUNWAY EXCURSION. THE PILOT NOTICED DURING THE ATTEMPTED RIGHT TURN THE RIGHT RUDDER FLIGHT CONTROL INPUT HAD NO EFFECT ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS ABOUT 50 FEET. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. AFTER THE RUNWAY EXCURSION THE PILOT NOTICED THE RIGHT RUDDER FLIGHT CONTROL LINKAGE WAS MISSING THE PEDAL PIN AND SAFETY COTTER PIN. THE RIGHT RUDDER CLEVIS PEDAL PIN AND BROKEN COTTER PIN WERE FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT POST INCIDENT. WHEN THE COTTER PIN BROKE THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL CLEVIS PIN FELL OUT OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL LINKAGE CAUSING THE PILOT TO LOSE RIGHT RUDDER FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS. WITHOUT RIGHT RUDDER FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE INCIDENT.

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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