- Date
- August 27, 2005, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chiloquin, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11661Bellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050827019859A
- Case key
- 62349
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Probable cause
The failure of the left chain link which permits the pilot to control the tailwheel, and the subsequent inability of the pilot to control the airplane during the landing roll.
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 pilot said immediately after touchdown on runway 35, the tailwheel started oscillating. It continued to oscillate on rollout until the airplane's speed dropped to about 20 mph when suddenly the airplane veered to the right. Subsequently the left main landing gear collapsed, bending the outboard 5 to 6 feet of the wing up. He said that inspection of the tailwheel assembly revealed that the left chain to the tailwheel steering assembly had failed.
Factual narrative
On August 27, 2005, at approximately 1230 Pacific daylight time, a Bellanca 7KCAB, N11661, was substantially damaged when the left chain to the tailwheel steering assembly failed, which was followed by the pilot loosing directional control during landing roll at Chiloquin State Airport, Chiloquin, Oregon. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country personal flight that originated from Klamath Falls, Oregon, approximately 35 minutes before the accident. The pilot had not filed a flight plan.
The pilot said immediately after touchdown on runway 35, the tailwheel started oscillating. It continued to oscillate on rollout until the airplane's speed dropped to about 20 mph when suddenly the airplane veered to the right. Subsequently the left main landing gear collapsed, bending the outboard 5 to 6 feet of the wing up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11661
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 315-72
- Airframe hours
- 2,125
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel G. Reid
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2005 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- LMT · Klamath Falls, OR
- Destination
- 2S7 · Chiloquin, OR
- Airport
- 2S7 · Chiloquin State Airport, runway 35, 3,735 × 60 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
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 1, 2003
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 695 total · 620 in this make and model · 635 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- LMT, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.