N5486E – ALON A2 – 2012-07-28 NTSB Accident Report

On July 28, 2012, a Alon A2 (N5486E) was involved in an incident near Compton, CA. All 1 person aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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.

This incident is documented in NTSB report WPR12CA330. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N5486E.