- Date
- July 22, 1987, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N252WCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870722037519A
- Case key
- 25646
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The CFI indicated that the tailwheel began to shimmy during rollout. As forward control yoke pressure was applied the shimmy went away, however, as the acft began to slow down, the tailwheel was lowered and began to shimmy again. As the acft continued to slow it veered to the right. The CFI applied left rudder. Initially the acft continued to the right. Subsequently it rolled left, dragging its left wing and collapsing the left main landing gear. Investigation revealed that the retention bolt for the left landing gear spring assembly was bent and displayed rotational scoring at its mid-point. The threads of both the bolt and its associated nut were found stripped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N252W
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503687
- Airframe hours
- 920
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Downey Construction, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 1987 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- P19 · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- P19 · Stellar Airpark, runway 17, 4,005 × 55 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,160 total · 56 in this make and model · 804 as pilot in command · 275 in the last 90 days · 104 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- P19
FAA reports on this event · 1
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