- Date
- March 19, 1991, 14:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Lafayette, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17687Monocoupe D145
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910319006219A
- Case key
- 23312
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll, the pilot's foot slipped off the right pedal and onto the left co-pilot's pedal and directional control was lost. The pilot applied power and the airplane climbed slightly, rolled to the left, and descended uncontrolled to impact the terrain next to the runway. The pilot stated no mechanical malfunction occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17687
- Reported as
- Monocoupe D145
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-128
- Engine
- Warner 145/50, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lloyd J. (Red) Lerille
- Registered owner
- Lloyd J. (Red) Lerille
- Airport
- LFT · Lafayette Regional, runway 21, 7,651 × 150 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,241 total · 1 in this make and model · 1,147 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.