41.7194° N, 86.0032° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at ELKHART MUNI (EKM), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 27, 1983 · 12:30 local
Place
Elkhart, IN
Airport
Elkhart
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51987
Reported as
Namer T6G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
26,000 total4,500 in this make and model75 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.
Pilot lost control when tail wheel touched after a wheel landing. Tail wheel locking pin had sheared.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LOST CONTROL WHEN TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED AFTER A WHEEL LANDING. TAIL WHEEL LOCKING PIN HAD SHEARED.