- Date
- September 19, 1982, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Danville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51HNavy N3N-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820919048609A
- Case key
- 70404
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Upon arriving at an air show the plt was given advisories for a downwind landing. The acft subsequently ground-looped. Subsequent inspection revealed that the tailwheel lock had also malfunctioned. The centering spring was not strong enough to consistently center the tailwheel post so that the lock pin could enter. In addition, the compression spring was too weak to force the lock pin into place.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51H
- Reported as
- Navy N3N-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2660
- Engine
- Wright R-760, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bernard Karsh
- Registered owner
- Bernard Karsh
- Departed
- Urbana, IL
- Destination
- Danville, IL
- Airport
- DVN · Vermillion County, runway 16, 3,999 × 100 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,486 total · 24 in this make and model · 4,105 as pilot in command · 89 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.