N5486E

The pilot stated to the NTSB investigator immediately after the accident that he had pulled off the power, and during the landing flare, the airplane ballooned with increasing oscillations veering left off the runway. He applied left rudder to avoid another taxing airplane, and impacted a row of hangars. In a following written statement the pilot stated that during landing his right foot got caught between the rudder pedal and the control column cover. In the process of freeing his foot the airplane pitched up and down, veered off the runway, he applied left rudder to avoid a taxiing airplane, and impacted a row of hangars. The pilot stated that he airplane and engine had no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.