- Date
- March 25, 1986, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Falcon, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9614SChampion 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860325011169A
- Case key
- 16939
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the plt, when the acft slowed after landing, it turned 'sharply to the right.' The plt stated he experienced 'extreme tailwheel shudder' prior to this during the landing roll. During the investigation, it was ascertained that the tailwheel spring had become detached and allowed the tailwheel to pivot to one side once the acft slowed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9614S
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46
- Airframe hours
- 860
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Floyd P. Austin/Gene E. Patton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- 00V · Meadow Lake, runway 15, 4,150 × 30 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,421 total · 2,421 in this make and model · 2,339 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9614S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.