# Incident 20141219022199I: Airborne Windsports EDGE XT 912, St. Petersburg, FL, December 19, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2014, 17:06 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19XT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19XT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airborne Windsports EDGE XT 912 (registry code 05902BN, https://openairdocs.org/model/airborne-windsports-edge-xt-912) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL series (registry code 55571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBORNE WINDSPORTS EDGE XT 912
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 130 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141219022199I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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