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ASRS 2059370

ACN 2059370 · 2023-12 · DA40 Diamond Star

A Flight Instructor reported their student lost control of the rudder during takeoff and the aircraft veered off the runway onto an intersecting runway.

Runway Incursions Takeoff / Launch ComponentPart 91

Pilot narrative

Verbatim, de-identified by NASA. Placeholders: ZZZ, X, Y.

My student was taking off on [Runway] XX and around 50 knots the plane begin to pull left. He tried to apply more right rudder and nothing happened. He aborted his takeoff and still with no control of the rudder went off the runway on the left side. He crossed a grass area and stopped the plane on Runway XY/XZ.

NASA classification · Anomalies

  • Aircraft Equipment Problem
  • Ground Excursion
  • Ground Incursion
  • Ground Event / Encounter

NASA classification · Assessments

Contributing Factors / Situations
Aircraft · Human Factors
Primary Problem
Aircraft

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