# Incident 19990406019379I: Piper PA36285, Albany, TX, April 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1999, 12:20 local time
- Place: Albany, TX
- Airport: Albany Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.7214° N, 99.2676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY MUNI (T23), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7214&lon=-99.2676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9942P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 678 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990406019379I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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