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Instructor; performing a flight review; reports a runway excursion during landing when the left wheel fairing comes loose and locks the wheel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1189380 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201407 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| 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 | Other Pattern Work |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Wheel Assemblies |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Check Pilot Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
While performing a flight review with a private pilot; on touchdown after the second landing the left wheel became locked; causing the plane to veer off the runway into the grass. After inspecting the plane; it appeared that the wheel fairing had come loose and caused the wheel to lock. At the time; the private pilot was acting as pilot in command and was in control of the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Instructor; performing a flight review; reports a runway excursion during landing when the left wheel fairing comes loose and locks the wheel.
Narrative: While performing a flight review with a private pilot; on touchdown after the second landing the left wheel became locked; causing the plane to veer off the runway into the grass. After inspecting the plane; it appeared that the wheel fairing had come loose and caused the wheel to lock. At the time; the private pilot was acting as pilot in command and was in control of the aircraft.
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.