# Incident 20210923018619I: Shambaugh Robert D CUBY, Cornelia, GA, September 23, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2021, 17:00 local time
- Place: Cornelia, GA
- Airport: Habersham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4999° N, 83.5567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HABERSHAM COUNTY (AJR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4999&lon=-83.5567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2243H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2243H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shambaugh Robert D CUBY (registry code 05602DW, https://openairdocs.org/model/shambaugh-robert-d-cuby) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHAMBAUGH ROBERT D CUBY
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 24,155 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210923018619I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 THE PILOT OF N2243H, AN EXPERIMENTAL, AMATEUR BUILT CUBY AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NUMBER 01, LANDED ON RUNWAY 24 AT HABERSHAM COUNTY AIRPORT (AJR) NEAR CORNELIA GA.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AND IN VMC CONDITIONS. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN UNCONTROLLABLE TAIL WHEEL SHIMMY. THE PILOT PUSHED FORWARD ON THE FLIGHT CONTROL STICK TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF OF THE TAIL WHEEL AND ARRESTED THE SHIMMY. AS THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD SPEED SLOWED, THE TAIL WHEEL CONTACTED THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AND BEGAN TO SHIMMY UNCONTROLLABLE AGAIN. THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMENTLY FIFTEEN FEET DOWN AN EMBANKMENT SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THE PILOT, THE SOLE PERSON ONBOARD, WAS UNINJURED AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. AN EXAMINATION OF THE TAIL WHEEL REVEALED THAT THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO LEAF SPRING ATTACH BOLT WAS LOOSE. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY THE PILOT SHOWED THAT THE BOLT APPEARED LOOSE AND ALSO APPEARED TO HAVE SHIFTED AFT ALLOWING THE ATTACH NUT TO CONTACT THE TAIL WHEEL STEERING YOKE.

I WAS ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE OCCURRENCE ON OCTOBER 20, 2021 AND EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT ON OCTOBER 21, 2021. AT THE TIME OF MY EXAM OF THE AIRCRAFT IT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE INCIDENT SCENE AND WAS PARKED ON A NEARBY RAMP. UPON EXAMINATION I FOUND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WITH EVIDENCE CONSISTENT WITH CONTACT TO THE GROUND. FURTHERMORE, THERE WAS AN APPROXIMANT 10X10 INCH HOLE LOCATED ON THE LEFT LOWER AFT WING TIP AREA WITH EVIDENCE (SOIL) CONSISTENT WITH CONTACT TO THE GROUND. I EXAMINED THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND ITS ATTACHING HARDWARE. I OBSERVED THAT THE TAIL WHEEL TO LEAF SPRING ATTACHMENT BOLT DID NOT EXTEND PAST THE LOCKING PORTION OF THE NUT AND APPEARED SLANTED AFT. THE RUDDER CABLES, RUDDER TO TAIL WHEEL STEERING LINKAGE AND ATTACHING HARDWARE APPEARED NORMAL WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION WAS INVALID. I FOUND A SUSPENSE ON N2243H. IT APPEARS A LETTER WAS SENT OUT ADDRESSED TO THE REGISTERED OWNER AND ADDRESS ON FILE DATED MARCH 16, 2021. IT NOTED THE MISSING (III) AFTER YOUR NAME AND A MISSING DIGIT IN THE TELEPHONE NUMBER LISTED. ALSO THE LETTER ENCLOSED AN EXTENSION OF 120 DAYS FROM MARCH 16, 2021 OR UNTIL THE ISSUANCE OF AC FORM 8050-3, WHICHEVER OCCURRED FIRST.

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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