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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airborne Windsports EDGE XT 912 · St. Petersburg, FL · December 19, 2014

Date: December 19, 2014 · 17:06 local
Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Phase of flight: Unknown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N19XT
Reported as: Airborne Windsports Edge XT 912
Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 130 total130 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N19XTRegistered now · Airborne Windsports EDGE XT 912S/N XT 912-019 · Built 2004 Airframe modelAirborne Windsports EDGE XT 912 Engine modelRotax 912UL series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot made a normal approach and touchdown. Once all three gear were on the ground, the nose wheel started to shimmey and the main gear started to "duck walk". The "duck walk" is a condition where each main gear oscillates latterly back and forth. Directional control lost and the right main gear axle sheared as the aircraft departed the runway surface. The aircraft came to rest on the side of the runway. No injury to the pilot. Aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN. ONCE ALL THREE GEAR WERE ON THE GROUND, THE NOSE WHEEL STARTED TO SHIMMEY AND THE MAIN GEAR STARTED TO "DUCK WALK". THE "DUCK WALK" IS A CONDITION WHERE EACH MAIN GEAR OSCILLATES LATTERLY BACK AND FORTH. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LOST AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AXLE SHEARED AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.