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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV · Spartanburg, SC · May 14, 2015

Date: May 14, 2015 · 14:30 local
Place: Spartanburg, SC
Airport: Spartanburg Downtown Memorial
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9097
Reported as: Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard MK IV
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,800 total2,200 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N9097Registered now · Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IVS/N CCF4-158 · Built 1952 Airframe modelCanadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Normal approach and wheel type landing was performed. After the aircraft slowed and the tail wheel had come down the aircraft started an uncommanded turn to the right. Rudder and brake application failed to stop the turn. The aircraft departed the runway and slid into the grass. The increased pressure on the left gear caused by the side load and resistance while in the grass caused strut to bend at chromed barrel. When the gear collasped the left wing dug into the grass and caused wing tip damage. Winds were light and variable.

As the FAA filed it

NORMAL APPROACH AND WHEEL TYPE LANDING WAS PERFORMED. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND THE TAIL WHEEL HAD COME DOWN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AN UNCOMMANDED TURN TO THE RIGHT. RUDDER AND BRAKE APPLICATION FAILED TO STOP THE TURN. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND SLID INTO THE GRASS. THE INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE LEFT GEAR CAUSED BY THE SIDE LOAD AND RESISTANCE WHILE IN THE GRASS CAUSED STRUT TO BEND AT CHROMED BARREL. WHEN THE GEAR COLLASPED THE LEFT WING DUG INTO THE GRASS AND CAUSED WING TIP DAMAGE. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

Other reports on N9097 · 1

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

Incident 20020906024039IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Rockwall, TX(-23) Landing on rwy 35 upslope-cross wind from the east, when the hill was topped and hangers were passed the wind increased and a ground loop ensued which collapsed the right main and bent the left strut tube during the runway excursion.Sep 6, 2002 · Reported as Namer HARVARDMK4 · Minor damage