# Incident 19970312007049I: Amtr MX7420, Kansas City, MO, March 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1997, 09:50 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Richards-Gebaur Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420TP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MX7420
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,721 total, 6 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970312007049I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO THE CFI, MR. ROOKSTOOL WAS ATTEMPTING A 3-POINT LANDING WITH A DIRECT X/WIND OF 12 KNOTS. THE TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN JUST PRIOR TO THE MAIN GEAR AND THE LEFT WING BEGAN TO RISE. THE CFI MADE AILERON & RUDDER CORRECTIONS; HOWEVER, THE TAIL WHEEL STEERING SEEMED INEFFECTIVE. N420TP'S RIGHT WING & ELEVATOR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL SUFFERED SIDE LOADING SUFFICIENT TO BEND THE WHEEL STRUT. POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE RIGHT TAIL WHEEL SPRING & ATTACHMENT WAS MISSING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ N420TP IS REGISTERED TO: AVIDAIR HELICOPTER SUPPLY 				^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MR. ROOKSTOOL IS PRESIDENT OF AVIDAIR. THIS INCIDENT, NO. CE97IGA0047, IS CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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