- Date
- October 25, 1990, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Eufaula, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4537JPiper PA-28R-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901025047079A
- Case key
- 23287
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Probable cause
A restriction in the movement of the right rudder pedal. The restriction resulted from a passenger's inadvertent placement of an object on the cockpit's floor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot made a normal landing. During the landing roll, the pilot was not able to maintain directional control of the airplane and it departed the runway. The aircraft collided with four runway lights, a sign, and a bench. The right front seat passenger had inadvertently dropped a camera case which restricted the right rudder pedal's movement.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4537J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287R-30396
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Crabtree Aircraft Co. Inc.
- Departed
- GOK · Guthrie, OK
- Airport
- OF7 · Fountainhead, runway 18, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 8 in this make and model · 203 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLC, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.