- Date
- November 4, 1980
- Place
- Payson, AZ · PAYSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2732Tailwind Wittma
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801104063399A
- Case key
- 127853
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3198 80/11/4 PAYSON,AZ TAILWIND WITTMA CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1299 TIME - 1330 N2732 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAYSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MESA,AZ PAYSON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- MODIFIED FORK SHAFT HOUSING ON TAIL WHL ASSY FAILED AT WELD BEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2732
- Reported as
- Tailwind Wittma
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Payson
N2732Registration cancelled Apr 2, 2014 · Wittman TAILWINDAirframe modelWittman TAILWINDEngine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.