Champion 7GCAA N9614S

Summary

On 25 March 1986 at about 15:30 local time, a Champion 7GCAA registered N9614S was involved in an accident near Falcon, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 March 1986 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Falcon, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Meadow Lake (00V)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Champion 7GCAA

Registration

N9614S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN86LA104

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, WHEN THE ACFT SLOWED AFTER LANDING, IT TURNED 'SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT.' THE PLT STATED HE EXPERIENCED 'EXTREME TAILWHEEL SHUDDER' PRIOR TO THIS DURING THE LANDING ROLL. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS ASCERTAINED THAT THE TAILWHEEL SPRING HAD BECOME DETACHED AND ALLOWED THE TAILWHEEL TO PIVOT TO ONE SIDE ONCE THE ACFT SLOWED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.