GA tail dragger ground loop collapsing gear and damaging propeller.

Attributes
ACN	100113
Time
Date	198811
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sgu
State Reference	UT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	100113
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Uneventful approach and T/D. Immediately on T/D, aircraft veered sharply left. Applied full right rudder with no effect. Off runway excursion imminent so applied full differential braking. Just prior to stopping, left landing gear collapsed. Injuries, none. Property damage, none. Aircraft damage, collapsed left landing gear and slight damage to propeller. Discovered that right side tailwheel control spring was not connected to steerable tailwheel. Left side spring was connected. Aircraft incident, not accident according to far's. Aircraft was pushed backwards at last refueling airport (wells, nv), then pwred out of its tiedown spot. Suspect tailwheel spring became disconnected at that time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA TAIL DRAGGER GND LOOP COLLAPSING GEAR AND DAMAGING PROPELLER.

Narrative: UNEVENTFUL APCH AND T/D. IMMEDIATELY ON T/D, ACFT VEERED SHARPLY L. APPLIED FULL R RUDDER WITH NO EFFECT. OFF RWY EXCURSION IMMINENT SO APPLIED FULL DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING. JUST PRIOR TO STOPPING, L LNDG GEAR COLLAPSED. INJURIES, NONE. PROPERTY DAMAGE, NONE. ACFT DAMAGE, COLLAPSED L LNDG GEAR AND SLIGHT DAMAGE TO PROP. DISCOVERED THAT R SIDE TAILWHEEL CONTROL SPRING WAS NOT CONNECTED TO STEERABLE TAILWHEEL. L SIDE SPRING WAS CONNECTED. ACFT INCIDENT, NOT ACCIDENT ACCORDING TO FAR'S. ACFT WAS PUSHED BACKWARDS AT LAST REFUELING ARPT (WELLS, NV), THEN PWRED OUT OF ITS TIEDOWN SPOT. SUSPECT TAILWHEEL SPRING BECAME DISCONNECTED AT THAT TIME.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.