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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · American Champion 7GCBC · Loveland, CO · January 10, 2025

Date: January 10, 2025 · 11:00 local
Place: Loveland, CO
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N113MS
Reported as: American Champion 7GCBC
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N113MSRegistered now · American Champion 7GCBCS/N 1217-96 · Built 1996 Airframe modelAmerican Champion 7GCBC Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.

PIC stated that the aircraft landed runway 33 to taxiway A2 aircraft began to drift left. The pilot then applied righthand rudder with limited response to the application of the righthand rudder. The pilot then applied lefthand rudder to avoid a taxi way light and exited the taxiway and stopped on the grass. PIC stated that he found the righthand brake master cylinder disconnected from the righthand rudder pedal. When the righthand master cylinder was no longer connected the righthand rudder pedal laid in a horizontal orientation and limited the forward movement of the righthand rudder controls. Maintenance logbooks had no indication of maintenance performed to the righthand master cylinder or rudder pedal prior to the event. The righthand rudder pedal and master cylinder were connected at the time of investigation. Cotter key securing the master cylinder attachment was found at a later date. Half of the cotter key was broken off and the other half was partially bent.

As the FAA filed it

PIC STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 33 TO TAXIWAY A2 AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED RIGHTHAND RUDDER WITH LIMITED RESPONSE TO THE APPLICATION OF THE RIGHTHAND RUDDER. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED LEFTHAND RUDDER TO AVOID A TAXI WAY LIGHT AND EXITED THE TAXIWAY AND STOPPED ON THE GRASS. PIC STATED THAT HE FOUND THE RIGHTHAND BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER DISCONNECTED FROM THE RIGHTHAND RUDDER PEDAL. WHEN THE RIGHTHAND MASTER CYLINDER WAS NO LONGER CONNECTED THE RIGHTHAND RUDDER PEDAL LAID IN A HORIZONTAL ORIENTATION AND LIMITED THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE RIGHTHAND RUDDER CONTROLS. MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS HAD NO INDICATION OF MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TO THE RIGHTHAND MASTER CYLINDER OR RUDDER PEDAL PRIOR TO THE EVENT. THE RIGHTHAND RUDDER PEDAL AND MASTER CYLINDER WERE CONNECTED AT THE TIME OF INVESTIGATION. COTTER KEY SECURING THE MASTER CYLINDER ATTACHMENT WAS FOUND AT A LATER DATE. HALF OF THE COTTER KEY WAS BROKEN OFF AND THE OTHER HALF WAS PARTIALLY BENT.

Other reports on N113MS · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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