20090425010359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7GCAA · Old Town, ME · April 25, 2009

Date: April 25, 2009 · 16:00 local
Place: Old Town, ME
Airport: Dewitt Fld,Old Town Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9058L
Reported as: Bbavia 7GCAA
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 22,100 total19 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N9058LRegistered now · Champion 7GCAAS/N 220-70 · Built 1970 Airframe modelChampion 7GCAA Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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) During a cross wind landing phase of an instructional flight the flying pilot realized less than optimum steering authority when the tail wheel was down and he relinquished control to the rear pilot (PIC). During the roll out, with limited steering control, one or both pilot applied excessive braking and the aircraft nose dropped to the runway. The propeller, spinner and lower engine cowling was damaged. The pilot reported experiencing a tail wheel shimmy on the previous landing. The right side tail wheel steering attach spring was found unattached during the investigation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING A CROSS WIND LANDING PHASE OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE FLYING PILOT REALIZED LESS THAN OPTIMUM STEERING AUTHORITY WHEN THE TAIL WHEEL WAS DOWN AND HE RELINQUISHED CONTROL TO THE REAR PILOT (PIC). DURING THE ROLL OUT, WITH LIMITED STEERING CONTROL, ONE OR BOTH PILOT APPLIED EXCESSIVE BRAKING AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY. THE PROPELLER, SPINNER AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT REPORTED EXPERIENCING A TAIL WHEEL SHIMMY ON THE PREVIOUS LANDING. THE RIGHT SIDE TAIL WHEEL STEERING ATTACH SPRING WAS FOUND UNATTACHED DURING THE INVESTIGATION.