What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
This aircraft was being used in the performance of an angel flight to transporting an ambulatory pax (1) from smo to Santa barbara (sba) for liver transplant follow-up upon the return trip the mishap accured. The landing at smo was normal until the aircraft was approximaly 1000 ft into ldg rollout. At that time the bolt on the left landing gear scissors assembly failed and the lt landing gear spun 90 degrees from perpendicular resulting in a ground loop. The only damage to the aircraft was the left landing gear door suffered minor damage. Pilot indicated he felt like it was a blown tire. No injuries to crew or pax.
As the FAA filed it
THIS AIRCRAFT WAS BEING USED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ANGEL FLIGHT TO TRANSPORTING AN AMBULATORY PAX (1) FROM SMO TO SANTA BARBARA (SBA) FOR LIVER TRANSPLANT FOLLOW-UP UPON THE RETURN TRIP THE MISHAP ACCURED. THE LANDING AT SMO WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMALY 1000 FT INTO LDG ROLLOUT. AT THAT TIME THE BOLT ON THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SCISSORS ASSEMBLY FAILED AND THE LT LANDING GEAR SPUN 90 DEGREES FROM PERPENDICULAR RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE LEFT LANDING GEAR DOOR SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. PILOT INDICATED HE FELT LIKE IT WAS A BLOWN TIRE. NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PAX.
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