ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285104
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| Date: | Friday 30 March 2007 |
| Time: | 13:10 LT |
| Type: |  Wag Aero Wag-A-Bond |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N714DE |
| MSN: | 1465 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jean, Nevada -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas-North Las Vegas Airport, NV (VGT/KVGT) |
| Jean, NV (0L7) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft ground looped on landing. After the tail wheel touched down during the landing rollout, it started to violently shimmy. The airplane veered to the right, and eventually ground looped after the pilot attempted to correct back to the runway with the application of the left brake. The pilot found that the compression springs for the tail wheel and rudder steering assembly were intact, but had separated from the empennage, and were found 75 feet from the airplane back along the ground track. The pilot said he had shifted some weight aft within the fuselage for flight test purposes and that this shift may have increased the moment arm and added an element of instability to the tail wheel when it contacted the runway, which allowed it to shimmy and fail.
Probable Cause: the separation of the tail wheel and rudder assembly compression springs that resulted in a loss of directional control during the landing rollout.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX07CA117
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2022 17:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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