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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · Galena, ID · June 19, 2008

Date
June 19, 2008 · 12:00 local
Place
Galena, ID
Airport
Smiley Creek
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3005A
Reported as
Cessna 170B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total200 in this make and model35 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) Pilot was taxiing to parking after landing when the aircrafts left axle broke off, causing the left gear leg to dig into the ground. This caused the airplane to nose forward, causing the propeller to contact the ground, and then come back hard on the tail, causing the tailwheel assembly to break. No other damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING TO PARKING AFTER LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFTS LEFT AXLE BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE LEFT GEAR LEG TO DIG INTO THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE FORWARD, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND, AND THEN COME BACK HARD ON THE TAIL, CAUSING THE TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLY TO BREAK. NO OTHER DAMAGE.