# Incident 20200425002599I: Freeman Robin S PITTS MODEL 12, Pensacola, FL, April 25, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2020, 09:40 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4410° N, 87.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pensacola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4410&lon=-87.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N214RF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N214RF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Freeman Robin S PITTS MODEL 12 (registry code 05627NJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/freeman-robin-s-pitts-model-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeromotors M-14PFXDK (registry code 00500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeromotors-m-14pfxdk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FREEMAN ROBIN S PITTS MODEL 12
- Reported engine: AEROMOTORS M-14PFXDK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200425002599I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RWY 17 (PNS), PILOT REPORTED HEARING A THUMPING NOISE AT REAR OF AIRPLANE AS HE CAME TO A STOP. PILOT STATED THAT IT FELT LIKE HITTING A POTHOLE, THEN  EXPERIENCED A SCRAPING SOUND AND SENSATION. UPON EXITING THE AIRPLANE, PILOT DISCOVERED THAT TAILWHEEL YOKE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING WHEEL AND TIRE HAD FAILED AND WAS DRAGGING ON END OF STRUT. PART DID NOT SEPARATE FROM AIRFRAME.

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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