# Incident 20120716016759I: Spry Thomas C SH 2R GLASAIR, La Verne, CA, July 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2012, 10:52 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71TC-2025-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spry Thomas C SH 2R GLASAIR (registry code 056559J, https://openairdocs.org/model/spry-thomas-c-sh-2r-glasair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPRY THOMAS C SH 2R GLASAIR
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 75 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120716016759I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 16, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:52 PDT AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION #N71TC LANDED ON RUNWAY 26L AT BRACKETT FIELD AIRPORT IN LAVERNE, CA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT CERTIFICATE #^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND IS OWNED BY BOLTAIR LTD, SEWARD AK. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN APPARENT COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE WHEEL AND A PROP STRIKE WITH SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. INSPECTORS FROM THE FAA LAXFSDO WP-23 TRAVELLED TO THE SCENE AND INVESTIGAED.AFTER LANDING THE PILOT FELT A GROWING VIBRATION AND POSSIBLE OSCILLATION OF THE NOSE WHEEL.  THE NOSE WHEEL CASTER ASSEMBLY STARTED OSCILLATING AND THEN THE CASTER ASSEMBLY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE ENGINE HAD A SUDDEN STOPPAGE. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT (SDR) SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N71TC (1)

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

- [Incident 20130918018849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130918018849I), Sep 18, 2013: Spry Thomas C SH 2R GLASAIR (N71TC), La Verne, CA, Minor damage. On September 18. 2013 at approximately 1050 PDT. A Spry Thomas C SH-2R glasair, registration N71TC, piloted by airman [privacy data omitted], pilot certificate…

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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