Alon A2 N5486E

Summary

On 28 July 2012 at about 18:30 local time, a Alon A2 registered N5486E, operated by Reusch Theodore A, was involved in an accident near Compton, California, 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

28 July 2012 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Compton, California, United States

Nearest airport

Compton/Woodley Airport (KCPM)

Coordinates

33.8897, -118.2103

Aircraft

Alon A2

Registration

N5486E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Reusch Theodore A

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Banning → Compton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR12CA330

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated immediately after the accident that during the landing flare, after he had reduced the power, the airplane ballooned with increasing oscillations and veered left off the runway. He applied left rudder to avoid another taxiing airplane and impacted a row of hangars. In a subsequent written statement, the pilot indicated that his right foot got caught between the rudder pedal and the control column cover during landing. In the process of freeing his foot, the airplane pitched up and down and veered off the runway; he “jammed” the left rudder to avoid a taxiing airplane, and the right wing of his airplane impacted a row of hangars. There were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.