- Date
- October 2, 2021, 08:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Independence, OR · On the airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N37317Interstate S-1A
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 104051
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The separation of the left rudder pedal interconnect cable during takeoff, which resulted in the student pilot’s inability to maintain directional control.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The solo student pilot reported that, he was unable to maintain directional control of the tailwheel equipped airplane during the takeoff roll when he depressed the left rudder pedal. He aborted the takeoff and the airplane veered to the right, exited the right side of the runway, and impacted multiple airport signs, substantially damaging the right wing. Postaccident examination of the airplane by the owner revealed that, the control cable that interconnects the forward and aft seat left rudder pedals had failed. The owner further stated that it appeared the control cable had pulled through the nicopress swage and that the crimp marks were still visible on the swage. A review of the airplane maintenance records revealed that, the airplane amassed about 1,483.4 hours since the control cables were replaced about 21 years before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37317
- Reported as
- Interstate S-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 160
- Built
- 1941
- Airframe hours
- 5,770.7
- Engine
- Continental Motors A65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeannes Flying Service LLC
- Registered owner
- Jeannes Flying Service LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 2021
- Destination
- Malino, OR
- Airport
- 7S5 · Independence State, runway 34, 3,002 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 83.5 total · 42.6 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- KSLE, 9 nm away
- METAR
- KSLE 021456Z 00000KT 6SM R31/1600VP6000FT BR FEW002 06/05 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP234 T00610050 51004
Docket · 6
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 10, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 10.9 MB in all.