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NTSB Identification: LAX07CA112.
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14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, March 16, 2007 in El Cajon, CA
Aircraft: Caywood Long-Ez, registration: N829CL
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
The airplane veered off the runway after touchdown and damaged the landing gear structural attach points and the fuselage. The
pilot said that just after touchdown the plane swerved left. He applied the right brake in an attempt to correct the swerve. The airplane departed the runway to the left and the left main landing gear dug into the dirt, causing damage to the main mount and fuselage.
The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions.
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I had brought the issue of sticking flight controls to the attention of the seller. Here is what I wrote about this August of last year.
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http://www.ez.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1230
"I sit in the seat and do a stick wipeout and rudder deflection. The stick is sticking with full right deflection. The seller explains that this is normal but nothing to be worried about. I insist that it is not and we begin to investigate. We discover a 1/8th inch hole under the right wing just inside of the aileron attachment. Moving the stick we can see the head of a bolt moving over the hole. I assume that this is the attachment bolt from the control tube to the aileron. The seller insists that this cannot be the case and begins to fill it in with filler. No attempt was made to see if the bolt has backed out or lost the retainer nut. The stick continued to catch.
I also note that the left rudder remains deflected and will not return to neutral. The seller explains that this too is normal and it will return when sufficient aerodynamic forces build and push it back. Until then he just counters with opposite rudder. In the cases where if does not return he lands and manually forces it back. We discover that the rudder cable is catching on the edge of the autopilot and beginning to chafe. The seller fails to see this as any kind of a problem. Duct tape is placed on the edge of the autopilot in act as a chafing tape for the cable."
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Decide for yourself.