# Incident 20020318006709I: Deehow 500HOWARD, Fort Wayne, IN, March 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2002, 15:45 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N500HP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dee Howard 500 (registry code 4390102, https://openairdocs.org/model/dee-howard-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEEHOW 500HOWARD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020318006709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHEN N500HP LANDED O RW 32 AT FWA, PILOT DISCOVERED TAIL WHEEL DID NOT LOCK DOWN IN POSITION. INSPECTION REVEALED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO TAIL WHEEL. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN SERVICED BY MERCURY AVIATION.

## Other reports on N500HP (1)

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

- [Incident 20020310006699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020310006699I), Mar 10, 2002: Deehow 500HOWARD (N500HP), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) After landing on runway 30L Minneapolis and during roll-out and turn-off from runway, tailwheel began oscillation and half-way collapsed. Tailwheel…

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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