# Accident 20100821044709A: Ashcraft To DR107, Sugar Grove, IL, August 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2010, 12:15 local time
- Place: Sugar Grove, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ashcraft Todd DR107 (registry code 0560532, https://openairdocs.org/model/ashcraft-todd-dr107) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ASHCRAFT TO DR107
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA506](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA506) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100821044709A

## Narrative

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

ON SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT TAILSPRING BROKE. ON THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT PILOT MADE A LOW PASS AND ASKED TOWER TO OBSERVE TAILSPRING. TOWER STATED TAILSPRING WAS HANGING BY A CABLE. ATTEMPTED WHEEL LANDING THREE TIMES. KEPT TAIL OFF. ON FOURTH LANDING AS RUDDER TOUCHED DOWN , AIRCRAFT VEERED TO RIGHT AND WENT INTO GRASS, STARTED TO GROUNDLOOP AND NOSE OF AIRCRAFT STUCK IN DIRT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10LA506](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA506), Aug 21, 2010: Ashcraft DR107 (N123TA), Aurora, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The low cycle fatigue failure of the tail wheel spring during landing.

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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