What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: following a normal approach and touchdown under VMC conditions, this ATP pilot and two passengers experienced a severe tail wheel shimmy on rollout. This shimmy caused the tail wheel steering cable to detach itself from the tail wheel steering horn causing a loss of directional control. The aircraft weather vained into the crosswind, and corrective brake and rudder applied. During the correction, the right main gear axle broke causing the right main wheel assy to depart the acft. The acft. Slid and skidded to a stop on the runway without any injuries to the occupants and only minor damage to the acft. (This investigation is closed.)
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: FOLLOWING A NORMAL APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN UNDER VMC CONDITIONS, THIS ATP PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS EXPERIENCED A SEVERE TAIL WHEEL SHIMMY ON ROLLOUT. THIS SHIMMY CAUSED THE TAIL WHEEL STEERING CABLE TO DETACH ITSELF FROM THE TAIL WHEEL STEERING HORN CAUSING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT WEATHER VAINED INTO THE CROSSWIND, AND CORRECTIVE BRAKE AND RUDDER APPLIED. DURING THE CORRECTION, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AXLE BROKE CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL ASSY TO DEPART THE ACFT. THE ACFT. SLID AND SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITHOUT ANY INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. (THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.)
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