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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrea Acrosport · Fitchburg, MA · August 1, 1993

Date: August 1, 1993 · 10:30 local
Place: Fitchburg, MA
Airport: Fitchburg Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N71431
Reported as: Amtrea Acrosport
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 422 total221 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

N71431Registered now · Dastous David N ACRO SPORT IIS/N 2045 · Built 1990 Airframe modelDastous David N ACRO SPORT II Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Appears bolt holding tailwheel spring to fuselage failed. Spring dropped down. Pushed tail up. Prop struck runway.

As the FAA filed it

APPEARS BOLT HOLDING TAILWHEEL SPRING TO FUSELAGE FAILED. SPRING DROPPED DOWN. PUSHED TAIL UP. PROP STRUCK RUNWAY.