Calexico International Airport, Calexico, California
Location:
The Calexico International Airport is located 1
mile west of Calexico, California.
History:
Calexico International Airport Today: Agricultural
operations; Banner towing; Ultralights;
Airport
Services and Amenities: Restaurant on the field; Rosa's
Plane Food; Lodging within 1 mile; Fuel; Avfuel Jet, 100LL;
Special Events and Attractions:
Mexicali Mexico; US Customs;
Airport
Area Accident History:
Accident occurred Monday,
November 19, 2007 in Calexico, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date:
1/31/2008
Aircraft: Ayres S2R-G1,
registration: N2237D
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
The pilot reported that after
landing and getting the tailwheel on the ground the airplane began
to drift to the right. The pilot corrected to the left and managed
to get the airplane back to the center of the runway, but the
airplane continued to the left as the pilot was late in getting the
stick far enough forward to unlock the tailwheel. The pilot stated,
"...I was on the [left] edge of the runway, which is the edge of the
ditch. I started to add power to go around, but the left [landing]
gear fell off the edge of the drain pulling the plane into the
ditch." The pilot reported that at the time of the landing the wind
was calm. The National Transportation Safety Board determines the
probable cause(s) of this accident as follows: The pilot's failure
to maintain directional control while landing. A factor in the
accident was the close proximity of the drainage ditch to the edge
of the private airstrip's runway. ===
Accident occurred Friday,
February 04, 2005 in Calexico, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date:
12/28/2006
Aircraft: Air Tractor AT-401,
registration: N4530L
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
The airplane veered off the
runway, collided with a berm, and came to rest in a ditch following
a loss of control during landing. During the landing flare the pilot
encountered a left crosswind and he input right rudder to compensate
for the crosswind, but the pedal would not move. After the accident
the pilot noticed that he was still depressing the right rudder
pedal. He looked down and saw that the rudder pedal adjusting pin
was caught on the aft edge of the hopper. When he relaxed pressure
on the rudder pedal, the pedal moved to the left and was free of the
hopper. Post accident examination by a Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) inspector revealed a groove the pin had carved
into the side wall of the hopper over time. The groove began at a
radius in the hopper wall where the wall turned 90 degrees from a
cross cockpit orientation to a longitudinal direction. When he
depressed the rudder pedal, he noted that the adjusting pin
contacted the groove the entire length of travel. He further noted
that despite the contact of the pin in the groove, there was no
restriction of movement of the rudder pedal. A gouge dimensionally
identical in shape and size to the pin was observed in the hopper
just to the right of where the adjusting pin contacted the groove.
The FAA inspector noted no groove or gouge on the left side of the
hopper. The National Transportation Safety Board determines the
probable cause(s) of this accident as follows: a loss of directional
control due to a jammed rudder pedal, which prevented the pilot from
exercising full rudder control authority.
Calexico International
Airport Approach / Landing:
