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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CEN23LA252

2023-06-20 Norwich, New York, United States Airport · OIC None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N299KD

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DABBS KENNETH IRVEN STARDUSTER II

Year of manufacture

2000 · 23 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20010613

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A317CE

Registrant of record

SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing rollout due to interference from the pilot’s foot/shoe with the airplane structure that resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain.

Factual narrative

The pilot stated that during landing at the destination airport, his right foot slipped of the rudder pedal and became wedged between the pedal and the adjacent airplane structure. He partially freed his right foot and attempted to regain control when his left foot became wedged between the left pedal and the airplane structure. The pilot was unable to regain directional control and the airplane veered off the runway and impacted terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower left wing. The pilot reported that he was not aware of any preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).

  • Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
  • Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Directional control-Not attained/maintained

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2023_CEN23LA252.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (runway excursion). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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