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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SOKO522 · Temple, TX · February 19, 2002

Date: February 19, 2002 · 14:25 local
Place: Temple, TX
Airport: Draughon-Miller Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N121DV
Reported as: Amtr SOKO522
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total35 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N121DVRegistered now · Soko Factory Yogoslavia TYPE 522S/N 21 · Built 1957 Airframe modelSoko Factory Yogoslavia TYPE 522 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot reported that during back-taxi on the runway for takeoff, with a quartering tailwind, the brake locked when applied. The aircraft turned left and started to leave the runway. The right gear started to fold and the right wing came to rest on a berm paralleling the side of the runway. The gear did not fold all the way and remained approximately 30 degrees extended. The pilot inspected the aircraft and reported minor damage to the prop tips, a broken downlock, a damaged gear actuator, and a sheared right aileron outer hinge bracket.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING BACK-TAXI ON THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF, WITH A QUARTERING TAILWIND, THE BRAKE LOCKED WHEN APPLIED. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT AND STARTED TO LEAVE THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT GEAR STARTED TO FOLD AND THE RIGHT WING CAME TO REST ON A BERM PARALLELING THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE GEAR DID NOT FOLD ALL THE WAY AND REMAINED APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES EXTENDED. THE PILOT INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP TIPS, A BROKEN DOWNLOCK, A DAMAGED GEAR ACTUATOR, AND A SHEARED RIGHT AILERON OUTER HINGE BRACKET.