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) The pilot privacy data omitted was conducting a training flight for a type-rating candidate in a DC3 aircraft. After several touch-and-go's, the aircraft was taxiing into the ramp area to take on fuel. The aircraft was slowed to taxi speed with the tail on the ground when a bracket fastening the rear landing gear brace on the right main gear broke. The right main collapsed causing a propeller strike and damage to the right wing tip. Additional damage was experienced to the engine casting just behind the propeller hub as well as to the wing area behind the right engine nacelle. The aircraft is repairable.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT FOR A TYPE-RATING CANDIDATE IN A DC3 AIRCRAFT. AFTER SEVERAL TOUCH-AND-GO'S, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING INTO THE RAMP AREA TO TAKE ON FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO TAXI SPEED WITH THE TAIL ON THE GROUND WHEN A BRACKET FASTENING THE REAR LANDING GEAR BRACE ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BROKE. THE RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS EXPERIENCED TO THE ENGINE CASTING JUST BEHIND THE PROPELLER HUB AS WELL AS TO THE WING AREA BEHIND THE RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE. THE AIRCRAFT IS REPAIRABLE.
Other reports on N143D · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.