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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Crunkleton James Alan CRUNKLETON RV-8 · Ridgeland, SC · March 25, 2023

Date
March 25, 2023 · 13:04 local
Place
Ridgeland, SC
Airport
Ridgeland
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1ZN
Reported as
Crunkleton James Alan Crunkleton RV-8
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total75 in this make and model

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.

After landing and tail touchdown the tailwheel came unlocked (full castor) which caused the aircraft to veer off the runway causing minor damage to the aircraft and no pilot injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING AND TAIL TOUCHDOWN THE TAILWHEEL CAME UNLOCKED (FULL CASTOR) WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO PILOT INJURIES.