# Incident 20250110000319I: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, Loveland, CO, January 10, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2025, 11:00 local time
- Place: Loveland, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3978° N, 105.0750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loveland, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3978&lon=-105.0750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N113MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N113MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PL, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- 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/20250110000319I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20210818013819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210818013819I), Aug 18, 2021: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC (N113MS), Loveland, CO, Minor damage. Attempting to land the pilot lost control on roll out and the aircraft did a ground loop causing damage to the right landing main landing gear.
- [Incident 20070911020669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070911020669I), Sep 11, 2007: Bbavia 7GCBC (N113MS), Fort Collins/L, CO, Minor damage. (-23) A 3000 hour CFI and private rated student were on an instructional flight and in the landing phase with the intent of making a main wheel landing in a…

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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