What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Ground looped landing. Side load tore off tire and wheel. Damaged wings and fuselage. (.4)the pilot stated that while on the landing rollout he heard a sound like metal, experienced a loss of directional control, and the airplane rotated around its vertical axis to the left and came to rest on its side. Examination of the runway revealed evidence of the tailwheel off center and bouncing, braking action from the left and right main landing gear, and subsequent collapse of the left main landing gear. Examination of the brake assembly revealed no mechanical failure or abnormalities. (-23) aircraft landed with a quartering tail wind. Wind gusts and wind caused a loss of directional control. Side load and braking caused left main wheel to fail and aircraft turned onto its side.
As the FAA filed it
GROUND LOOPED LANDING. SIDE LOAD TORE OFF TIRE AND WHEEL. DAMAGED WINGS AND FUSELAGE. (.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT HE HEARD A SOUND LIKE METAL, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND THE AIRPLANE ROTATED AROUND ITS VERTICAL AXIS TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE. EXAMINATION OF THE RUNWAY REVEALED EVIDENCE OF THE TAILWHEEL OFF CENTER AND BOUNCING, BRAKING ACTION FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND SUBSEQUENT COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. EXAMINATION OF THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY REVEALED NO MECHANICAL FAILURE OR ABNORMALITIES. (-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH A QUARTERING TAIL WIND. WIND GUSTS AND WIND CAUSED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. SIDE LOAD AND BRAKING CAUSED LEFT MAIN WHEEL TO FAIL AND AIRCRAFT TURNED ONTO ITS SIDE.
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