19990523014899I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrsn SKYBOLT · Tucson, AZ · May 23, 1999

Date: May 23, 1999 · 13:10 local
Place: Tucson, AZ
Airport: Tucson International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N76GD
Reported as: Amtrsn Skybolt
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,414 total154 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N76GDRegistered now · Papandrea SKYBOLTS/N 7476 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPapandrea SKYBOLT Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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 pilot could not control tail wheel steering and elected to taxi off runway onto dirt surface. Pilot inspected tail wheel assembly and found sheared attachment bolt. Pilot decided to taxi to parking, when reentering runway, tail wheel assembly caught pavement lip and broke loose, damaging bottom edge rudder. No injuries were incurred. Minor damage to aircraft. Visual meteorological conditions prevail.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING PILOT COULD NOT CONTROL TAIL WHEEL STEERING AND ELECTED TO TAXI OFF RUNWAY ONTO DIRT SURFACE. PILOT INSPECTED TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND FOUND SHEARED ATTACHMENT BOLT. PILOT DECIDED TO TAXI TO PARKING, WHEN REENTERING RUNWAY, TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY CAUGHT PAVEMENT LIP AND BROKE LOOSE, DAMAGING BOTTOM EDGE RUDDER. NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAIL.