46.5909° N, 120.5494° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakima, WA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 22, 1984 · 15:39 local
Place
Yakima, WA
Airport
Yakima Air Termin
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72GS
Reported as
Amtrqk Quickie
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW2100VOLKS
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total60 in this make and model1 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.
Tail wheel broke off on the landing roll ground looped off the runway. Fiber glass holding tail wheel broke.
As the FAA filed it
TAIL WHEEL BROKE OFF ON THE LANDING ROLL GROUND LOOPED OFF THE RUNWAY. FIBER GLASS HOLDING TAIL WHEEL BROKE.