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.
On September 28, 2018 at 0902 EST(1302Z)a Hatz Classic registration N15FD serial number 099 landed on runway 4 at Punta Gorda Airport(pgd) and upon rollout the pilot felt a tremendous shimmy vibration after about 100 feet something broke in the tail wheel and pilot had no control of the aircraft. The loss of control was due to rudder arm breaking. The aircraft sustained minor damage and both crew members were uninjuried.
As the FAA filed it
ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 AT 0902 EST(1302Z)A HATZ CLASSIC REGISTRATION N15FD SERIAL NUMBER 099 LANDED ON RUNWAY 4 AT PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT(PGD) AND UPON ROLLOUT THE PILOT FELT A TREMENDOUS SHIMMY VIBRATION AFTER ABOUT 100 FEET SOMETHING BROKE IN THE TAIL WHEEL AND PILOT HAD NO CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE LOSS OF CONTROL WAS DUE TO RUDDER ARM BREAKING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND BOTH CREW MEMBERS WERE UNINJURIED.
Other reports on N15FD · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.