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Pilot of a carboncrafters cck-1865 experienced a tail wheel failure upon landing causing the wingtip and tail to strike the ground.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1380362 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201608 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Amateur/Home Built/Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Direct Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Tail Wheel |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 260 Flight Crew Total 6116 Flight Crew Type 480 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
On landing at about 20 mph the aircraft began to turn left; I applied right rudder and right brake until I had full [control] of both but the aircraft continued to turn left. The wingtip and tail struck the ground. After the airplane came to a stop I attempted to turn right again and could not get it to turn right. I got out of the airplane and saw the tail wheel had broken over and the wheel could not turn or straighten from its position. I had to lift the airplane up and straighten the tail wheel by hand before I could taxi off the runway. I believe the problem was caused by a faulty tail wheel leaf. I believe the T3 tail wheel system needs redesigned to have more lateral strength.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot of a CarbonCrafters CCK-1865 experienced a tail wheel failure upon landing causing the wingtip and tail to strike the ground.
Narrative: On landing at about 20 MPH the aircraft began to turn left; I applied right rudder and right brake until I had full [control] of both but the aircraft continued to turn left. The wingtip and tail struck the ground. After the airplane came to a stop I attempted to turn right again and could not get it to turn right. I got out of the airplane and saw the tail wheel had broken over and the wheel could not turn or straighten from its position. I had to lift the airplane up and straighten the tail wheel by hand before I could taxi off the runway. I believe the problem was caused by a faulty tail wheel leaf. I believe the T3 tail wheel system needs redesigned to have more lateral strength.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.