What happened
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(-23) On takeoff tail stinger spring broke at attachment, right gear leg fractured and pilot lost control. Damage to rear fuselage, right horizontal, right wing and left wing tip. Tailwheel stinger spring torn from mount and right gear leg fractured. Amended info - on may 31st, 2009 at 07-15 mountain time a Cessna 188C a husky was taking off from the private strip on the pluhar ranch to conduct an agricultural operation. The airplane was fully loaded. One third of the way down the strip on the takeoff run the pilot lost control due to the tailwheel stinger spring mount failing. The airplane swung hard and the right main gear broke off causing the airplane to rotate 180 deg's and stop facing in the opposite direction. The pilot vacated the airplane with no injuries and there was no fire.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON TAKEOFF TAIL STINGER SPRING BROKE AT ATTACHMENT, RIGHT GEAR LEG FRACTURED AND PILOT LOST CONTROL. DAMAGE TO REAR FUSELAGE, RIGHT HORIZONTAL, RIGHT WING AND LEFT WING TIP. TAILWHEEL STINGER SPRING TORN FROM MOUNT AND RIGHT GEAR LEG FRACTURED. AMENDED INFO - ON MAY 31ST, 2009 AT 07-15 MOUNTAIN TIME A CESSNA 188C A HUSKY WAS TAKING OFF FROM THE PRIVATE STRIP ON THE PLUHAR RANCH TO CONDUCT AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION. THE AIRPLANE WAS FULLY LOADED. ONE THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THE STRIP ON THE TAKEOFF RUN THE PILOT LOST CONTROL DUE TO THE TAILWHEEL STINGER SPRING MOUNT FAILING. THE AIRPLANE SWUNG HARD AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BROKE OFF CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO ROTATE 180 DEG'S AND STOP FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE PILOT VACATED THE AIRPLANE WITH NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO FIRE.
NTSB investigation
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