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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrjv WICHAWK · Wattsburg, PA · October 31, 1981

Date
October 31, 1981 · 12:30 local
Place
Wattsburg, PA
Airport
Erie County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78RW
Reported as
Amtrjv Wichawk
Reported engine
Continental O47011
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
226 total90 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Uncontroled shimmy of tail wheel on landing roll. Pilot failed to use brakes,upset off runway. Loose rudder cables

As the FAA filed it

UNCONTROLED SHIMMY OF TAIL WHEEL ON LANDING ROLL. PILOT FAILED TO USE BRAKES,UPSET OFF RUNWAY. LOOSE RUDDER CABLES

Other reports on N78RW · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.