Pietsch IT N214GP

Summary

On 14 March 2007 at about 19:07 local time, a Pietsch IT registered N214GP was involved in an accident near Douglas, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 March 2007 at 19:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Douglas, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Douglas Municipal (DGL)

Coordinates

31.3428, -109.5064

Aircraft

Pietsch IT

Registration

N214GP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Air Race/Show

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Douglas → Douglas

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX07CA107

Nobody was injured.

a loss of directional control during landing due to separation of the rudder cable. A factor was the soft dirt terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During landing rollout, the pilot's experimental amateur-built airplane swerved off the runway and nosed over in soft dirt. The pilot-builder had been practicing maneuvers for an air show when the right rudder control cable became disconnected. Safety wire, which secured a turnbuckle connecting two ends of the rudder cable, had chafed against a rudder pedal until the wire broke. Thereafter, the turn buckle unthreaded from the cable ends and the cables separated. The pilot's ability to maintain directional control during landing was compromised.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.