ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354220
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 July 1998 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  American Aviation AA-1 Yankee (TW) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5643L |
| MSN: | AA1-0043 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2236 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-C2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Point Lookout, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Point Lookout, MO | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that during the landing roll the tailwheel began to vibrate. The vibration increased and the airplane made a 'sharp yaw to the left.' After about 30 degrees of turn, the right landing gear attach bracket bolts sheared and the right wing contacted the runway. The airplane then skidded to the right side of the runway and exited the runway tail first. Inspection of the airplane revealed the right arm of the tailwheel had failed approximately 1' from the center of the arm. Corrosion was present on the factured surface.
Probable Cause: the failure of the tailwheel assembly due to corrosion. A factor associated with the accident was the overload failure of the right main landing gear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI98LA234
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 20:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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