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Date
April 6, 1999 · 12:20 local
Place
Albany, TX
Airport
Albany Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9942P
Reported as
Piper PA36285
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total678 in this make and model50 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.
After landing a tail wheel shimmy developed. Brakes were applied to stop the shimmy. The left main gear clamp broke causing the left gear to fold back under the plane. The left tire then locked up as it was against the underside of the wing. With the gear failure and subsequent rapid deceleration a nose down attitude occurred causing a prop strike.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER LANDING A TAIL WHEEL SHIMMY DEVELOPED. BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO STOP THE SHIMMY. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR CLAMP BROKE CAUSING THE LEFT GEAR TO FOLD BACK UNDER THE PLANE. THE LEFT TIRE THEN LOCKED UP AS IT WAS AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WING. WITH THE GEAR FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT RAPID DECELERATION A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE OCCURRED CAUSING A PROP STRIKE.