ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233106
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| Date: | Saturday 8 February 2020 |
| Time: | 12:40 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-504 |
| Owner/operator: | Colorado Fire Aviation |
| Registration: | N970FA |
| MSN: | 504-4028 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1331 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT-6-34AG |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brush, Morgan County, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Fort Morgan Municipal Airport, CO (KFMM) |
| Fort Morgan Municipal Airport, CO (KFMM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot on the controls in the left seat, the right seat pilot was familiarizing him with the airplane. The airplane bounced during landing on the runway. During the landing roll, the airplane veered left, and he overcorrected to the right, followed by an overcorrection to the left. He applied heavy braking, and the airplane turned 120° to the right. The side load on the left main landing gear tire resulted in it bursting. The wheel rim then dug into the runway, the airplane bounced, the tailwheel assembly failed, and the tail spring steel strut then dug into the soft surface. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the aft fuselage and the empennage.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in the left main landing gear tire bursting and the tailwheel assembly failing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2020 11:04 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 20-Feb-2020 12:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source] |
| 21-Feb-2020 08:05 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2020 16:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 23-Aug-2020 17:00 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 16-Nov-2022 09:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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