- Date
- September 21, 1992, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lantana, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6DBHelio HE29
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920921037869A
- Case key
- 33140
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Probable cause
The total failure of the landing gear tail wheel lock on landing roll out, resulting in an on ground loss of control (ground loop) and collapse of the left main landing gear.
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
The private pilot was on landing roll out when the airplane started turning to the right. The pilot applied left rudder with negative results. The left main landing gear collapsed and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot was not injured. Examination of the airplane by an A&P mechanic with inspection authority revealed the tail wheel lock pawl had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6DB
- Reported as
- Helio HE29
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1466
- Airframe hours
- 1,159
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-G1A6, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Circle Star Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Circle Star Aircraft Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport
- LNA · Lantana, runway 9, 3,451 × 75 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 980 total · 500 in this make and model · 746 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N6DB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.