# Incident 20090504010779I: Amtr DSA1, Millinocket, ME, May 4, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2009, 19:30 local time
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Airport: Millinocket Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6478° N, 68.6856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLINOCKET MUNI (MLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6478&lon=-68.6856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29T-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith Miniplane DSA-1 (registry code 83501RV, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-miniplane-dsa-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DSA1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 11 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090504010779I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)  UPON LANDING, THE HOMEBUILT'S TAIL WHEEL DEVELOPED A SHIMMY; THE ENSUING VIBRATIONS CAUSED BOTH SPRINGS ON THE TAIL WHEEL TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CAUSED A GROUND LOOP.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR THEN FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE FUSELAGE.

## Other reports on N29T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19861022064369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861022064369I), Oct 22, 1986: Amtrsm DSA1 (N29T), Concord, NH. Engine began running rough in cruise flight. Pilot elected a precautionary landing in a field. Cause unknown.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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