- Date
- September 2, 2000, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Paso Robles, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82107Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000902009289A
- Case key
- 50233
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to brief his passenger about the operation of the controls.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that after touchdown, the airplane swerved to the right and he had no control of the airplane. He said that he and the passenger determined that the rudder pedal controls failed to respond because the passenger's foot was stuck between the rudder pedals.
Factual narrative
On September 2, 2000, about 1230 hours Pacific daylight time, an Aeronca 7AC, N82107, overran the runway edge, and was substantially damaged during landing at Paso Robles, California. Neither the pilot nor the passenger was injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight. The airplane was operated by the commercial pilot/owner under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. No flight plan was filed. The flight originated at Paso Robles at an undetermined time.
The initial notification of this accident was not made to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Southwest Regional Communication Center until September 8, 2000, and to the San Jose Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) on September 11, 2000.
The pilot stated to the FSDO inspector that after touchdown, the airplane swerved to the right and he had no control of the airplane. He said that he and the passenger determined that the rudder pedal controls failed to respond because the passenger's foot was stuck between the rudder pedals.
The pilot reported that weather was not a factor in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82107
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 733
- Airframe hours
- 3,214
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Obbie O. Atkinson
- Registered owner
- Bug Smashers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 2000 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- PRB · CA
- Airport
- PRB · Paso Robles Municipal, runway 31, 4,700 × 100 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
- 76
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,106 total · 66 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.