19991111033979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr STEEN SKYBOLT · Denver, CO · November 11, 1999

Date
November 11, 1999 · 14:00 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Jeffco Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N41RD
Reported as
Amtr Steenskybolt
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
26,000 total60 in this make and model30 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.

(-23) Upon landing aircraft's left (main) brake assembly outboard bearing failed causing the unit to seize. This resulted in aircraft turning to the left in "ground loop" fashion. Pilot reports that his mechanic, terry edwards, plans on submitting a malfunction/defect report after further investigation as to what caused the bearing to fail.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UPON LANDING AIRCRAFT'S LEFT (MAIN) BRAKE ASSEMBLY OUTBOARD BEARING FAILED CAUSING THE UNIT TO SEIZE. THIS RESULTED IN AIRCRAFT TURNING TO THE LEFT IN "GROUND LOOP" FASHION. PILOT REPORTS THAT HIS MECHANIC, TERRY EDWARDS, PLANS ON SUBMITTING A MALFUNCTION/DEFECT REPORT AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE BEARING TO FAIL.