What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While landing on runway 4 at Auburn-Lewiston airport (lew), the pilot performed a wheel landing. Pilot indicated the tail came down and started to go left, pilot applied right rudder and aircraft started skidding. Aircraft then went into a ground loop and the pilot could not recover. Aircraft slid onto the grass off the runway and came to an abrupt stop. Pilot also indicated there was no cross wind component and wind was calm. Aircraft damage: left hand wing bent, left landing gear torn off, three bladed propeller appeared bent, left elevator damaged and landing gear box damaged.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 4 AT AUBURN-LEWISTON AIRPORT (LEW), THE PILOT PERFORMED A WHEEL LANDING. PILOT INDICATED THE TAIL CAME DOWN AND STARTED TO GO LEFT, PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND AIRCRAFT STARTED SKIDDING. AIRCRAFT THEN WENT INTO A GROUND LOOP AND THE PILOT COULD NOT RECOVER. AIRCRAFT SLID ONTO THE GRASS OFF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. PILOT ALSO INDICATED THERE WAS NO CROSS WIND COMPONENT AND WIND WAS CALM.AIRCRAFT DAMAGE: LEFT HAND WING BENT, LEFT LANDING GEAR TORN OFF, THREE BLADED PROPELLER APPEARED BENT, LEFT ELEVATOR DAMAGED AND LANDING GEAR BOX DAMAGED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.