# Incident 20180928019269I: William P Bresnan HATZ CLASSIC, Punta Gorda, FL, September 28, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2018, 08:47 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Punta Gorda
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.9186° N, 81.9909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUNTA GORDA (PGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9186&lon=-81.9909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15FD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15FD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: William P Bresnan HATZ CLASSIC (registry code 056343W, https://openairdocs.org/model/william-p-bresnan-hatz-classic) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WILLIAM P BRESNAN HATZ CLASSIC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180928019269I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20200317001329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200317001329I), Mar 17, 2020: William P Bresnan HATZ CLASSIC (N15FD), Punta Gorda, FL, Minor damage. On March 17, 2020, at approximately 12:18 EST, a Hatz Classic, s/n 099 Registered to [privacy data omitted], while landing at charlotte county airport (pgd)…

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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