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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 11AC · Cloquet, MN · August 15, 2006

Date
August 15, 2006 · 11:00 local
Place
Cloquet, MN
Airport
Cloquet Carlton County Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3799E
Reported as
Bbavia 11AC
Reported engine
Continental A65*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total15 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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) N3379E departed the taxiway at Cloquet, MN. Following landing. The runway was wet. The aircraft lost rudder control. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that rudder control was lost and the aircraft veered to the left into a ditch and both main landing gear assemblies were damaged. The pilot privacy data omitted observed slack in the tail wheel cables because one tail wheel spring had come off the steering arm. Investigation indicated one spring hook was stretched.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N3379E DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY AT CLOQUET, MN. FOLLOWING LANDING. THE RUNWAY WAS WET. THE AIRCRAFT LOST RUDDER CONTROL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED THAT RUDDER CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT INTO A DITCH AND BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES WERE DAMAGED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ OBSERVED SLACK IN THE TAIL WHEEL CABLES BECAUSE ONE TAIL WHEEL SPRING HAD COME OFF THE STEERING ARM. INVESTIGATION INDICATED ONE SPRING HOOK WAS STRETCHED.