# Accident 20000622014219A: Bbavia 11AC, Tylertown, MS, June 22, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2000, 19:50 local time
- Place: Tylertown, MS
- Airport: Paul Pittman Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1090° N, 90.1390° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1090&lon=-90.1390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85861, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85861-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000622014219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ROLL OUT PILOT REPORTED A SEVERE TAIL WHEEL SHIMMY FOLLOWED BY THE A/C DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT, FULL LEFT RUDDER WAS APPLIED WITH NO EFFECTS. A/C ROTATED CLOCKWISE AND SKIDDED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 18SQUIGGILY SKID MARKS FROM THE TAIL WHEEL WERE OBSERVED ON THE RWY. TWO PIECES OF THE LEFT RUDDER HORN TO TAIL WHEEL STEERING HORN SPRING ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND IN THE GRASS ALONG THE INITIAL ROLLOUT AREA. THE CLIP PORTION HAD BEEN PULLED OPENED, ALLOWING THE SPRING TO BECOME DISCONNECTED, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF LEFT STEERING CONTROL OF THE TAIL WHEEL. THE LEFT  MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND FOLDED UNDER THE A/C WHEN IT STRUCK A DITCH IN THE GRASS AREA ADJACENT TO RWY, THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND RESULTING IN THE WING TIP AND WING SPAR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.THE PIC HAS 375 HOURS IN VARIOUS TAIL WHEEL A/C.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (.4)ACCORDING TO THE CFI WHO WAS OCCUPYING THE RIGHT SEAT, THEY HAD BEEN PRACTICING BOTH THREE-POINT AND WHEEL LANDINGS. HE SAID THAT THIS PARTICULAR LANDING WAS A THREE-POINT LANDING. HE SAID THAT WHEN THEY TOUCHED DOWN, THE TAIL-WHEEL SHOOK EXCESSIVELY BACK AND FORTH AT FIRST AND THEN IT WAS SMOOTH. HE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE VEERED RIGHT WHILE BOTH OF THEM WERE PUSHING ON THE LEFT RUDDER. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY TURNED AROUND ABOUT 180 DEGREES, SLID LEFT INTO A DITCH AND COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. ACCORDING TO THE CFI, AND FAA INSPECTOR, A TAIL-WHEEL SPRING AND ASSOCIATED PARTS HAD PULLED APART FROM THE TAIL-WHEEL AND WERE LATER FOUND ON THE RUNWAY NEAR THE POINT WHERE THE AIRPLANE VEERED RIGHT, OFF OF THE RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL00LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA067), Jun 23, 2000: Aeronca 11AC (N85861), Tylertown, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of directional control due to separation of the tail-wheel spring assembly. A factor was the ditch which run adjacent to the runway.

## Other reports on N85861 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940309031849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940309031849I), Mar 9, 1994: Bbavia 11AC (N85861), Spearfish, SD, No damage. Pilot report gust of wind lifted a wing on landing. Lost control. Ground looped into a snowbank.

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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