# Incident 19990523014899I: Amtrsn SKYBOLT, Tucson, AZ, May 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1999, 13:10 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76GD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76GD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Papandrea SKYBOLT (registry code 0565585, https://openairdocs.org/model/papandrea-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSN SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,414 total, 154 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990523014899I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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