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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Mustangmidgt · Van Nuys, CA · September 9, 2002

Date: September 9, 2002 · 10:30 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N777MJ
Reported as: Amtr Mustangmidgt

N777MJRegistration cancelled Nov 5, 2022 · Owens Sheridan MIDGET MUSTANGS/N M-1-941 Airframe modelOwens Sheridan MIDGET MUSTANG Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

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 the aircraft, the right tire went flat and the aircraft suddenly turned right, into the grass area, the tail came up during the turn and the left wing tip scraped the ground, the prop hit the ground, the tail came back down and due to the side loading, the tail wheel was torn from the aircraft. No other damage known at this time, new wheel pants had just been installed prior to this flight, it was discovered by the owner/pilot that the wrong length screws were used and during wheel spin up at landing the tire swelled enough to make contact with a screw and it cut the right tire down to the tube and it blew out. The left tire also had a cut started but not as deep as the other side. The aircraft was retrieved by the owner for repairs.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT, THE RIGHT TIRE WENT FLAT AND THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY TURNED RIGHT, INTO THE GRASS AREA, THE TAIL CAME UP DURING THE TURN AND THE LEFT WING TIP SCRAPED THE GROUND, THE PROP HIT THE GROUND, THE TAIL CAME BACK DOWN AND DUE TO THE SIDE LOADING, THE TAIL WHEEL WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. NO OTHER DAMAGE KNOWN AT THIS TIME, NEW WHEEL PANTS HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT, IT WAS DISCOVERED BY THE OWNER/PILOT THAT THE WRONG LENGTH SCREWS WERE USED AND DURING WHEEL SPIN UP AT LANDING THE TIRE SWELLED ENOUGH TO MAKE CONTACT WITH A SCREW AND IT CUT THE RIGHT TIRE DOWN TO THE TUBE AND IT BLEW OUT. THE LEFT TIRE ALSO HAD A CUT STARTED BUT NOT AS DEEP AS THE OTHER SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETRIEVED BY THE OWNER FOR REPAIRS.