ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 288249
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| Date: | Monday 2 August 2010 |
| Time: | 07:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 180B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5177E |
| MSN: | 50477 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Burnet, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Llano Municipal Airport, TX (KAQO) |
| Burnet Municipal Kate Craddock Field, TX (KBMQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was flying to an airport with a maintenance facility to have a tailwheel shimmy repaired. Upon arrival at the destination airport, the pilot performed a three point landing, and, during the landing roll, the rudder pedals began to 'shudder violently.†The pilot was unable to control the airplane, and it exited the right side of the runway. During the runway excursion, the left wing hit the ground. Postaccident disassembly of the tailwheel revealed that the tailwheel compression spring had broken. The failure of the compression spring allowed the tailwheel to caster freely making controllability of the airplane on the ground difficult.
Probable Cause: The failure of the tailwheel compression spring, which resulted in a loss of directional control during landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN10LA457
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1995 | N5177E | Robert Moloney | 0 | Minto, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 19:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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