What was found
TAILWHEEL SPRING BROKE AT AN EXISTING CRACK. TAILWHEEL THEN DAMAGED THE LOWER SKINS OF THE RUDDER.
- Difficulty date
- May 14, 2001
- Submitted
- June 4, 2001
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N3143A
- Make and model
- Cessna 170B
- Aircraft serial
- 25787
- System (JASC)
- 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
- Part
- Spring
- Part number
- 0542106
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Tail Wheel
- Part time
- 300 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.