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FAA incident report · American Legend AL3 · Lakeville, MN · December 1, 2014

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Date
December 1, 2014 · 16:00 local
Place
Lakeville, MN
Airport
Airlake
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N90LC
Reported as
American Legend AL3
Reported engine
Continental O-200-D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total11 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days
N90LCRegistered now · American Legend AL3S/N AL-1168 · Built 2012Airframe modelAmerican Legend AL3Engine modelContinental O-200-D4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

PIC was giving flight instruction to aircraft owner towards a tailwheel endorsement. While conducting touch and go landings at minneapolis Airlake Airport (lvn), on the third circuit of landings, the aircraft started to oscillate right to left after touching down on the main gear on the runway. The flight instructor stated that as the aircraft went to the right, he applied hard left rudder and started to tell the aircraft owner to not apply brakes. Before he could do so, the aircraft owner applied brake pressure and the aircraft nosed over slowly and ended up inverted about 1/3 of the way down the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PIC WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO AIRCRAFT OWNER TOWARDS A TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT. WHILE CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT MINNEAPOLIS AIRLAKE AIRPORT (LVN), ON THE THIRD CIRCUIT OF LANDINGS, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO OSCILLATE RIGHT TO LEFT AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR ON THE RUNWAY. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT TO THE RIGHT, HE APPLIED HARD LEFT RUDDER AND STARTED TO TELL THE AIRCRAFT OWNER TO NOT APPLY BRAKES. BEFORE HE COULD DO SO, THE AIRCRAFT OWNER APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER SLOWLY AND ENDED UP INVERTED ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.