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FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Ormond Beach, FL · October 3, 2004

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Date
October 3, 2004 · 11:30 local
Place
Ormond Beach, FL
Airport
Ormond Beach Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1121C
Reported as
Piper PA18150
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
525 total207 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N1121CRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 182221 · Built 1953Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot reported, on roll out after landing, the aircraft began drifting to the left. The drift could not be controlled with the rudder pedals and the aircraft went off the side of the runway, was slowed by the wet ground and tipped up on its nose. The pilot and passenger exited the aircraft uninjured, pulled the tail down and found that a link on the right tail wheel spring had failed. The aircraft was towed to the owners hangar.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED, ON ROLL OUT AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. THE DRIFT COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED WITH THE RUDDER PEDALS AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WAS SLOWED BY THE WET GROUND AND TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED, PULLED THE TAIL DOWN AND FOUND THAT A LINK ON THE RIGHT TAIL WHEEL SPRING HAD FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE OWNERS HANGAR.