19870531035959I

Incident

FAA incident report · Amtrqk QUICKIE2 · Janesville, WI · May 31, 1987

Date
May 31, 1987 · 14:57 local
Place
Janesville, WI
Airport
Rock County
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N34ET
Reported as
Amtrqk QUICKIE2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,500 total27 in this make and model190 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.

Directional control lost after tail wheel spring broke during the takeoff roll.

As the FAA filed it

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LOST AFTER TAIL WHEEL SPRING BROKE DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL.