Maule M5 220C pilot reported damaging his tailwheel during takeoff from a river bank. He lost direct...

Attributes
ACN	1277380
Time
Date	201507
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	M-5
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Landing Gear
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 800
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

I was out looking for a picnic area for the family on the river. I found a place and landed. On takeoff; I felt a thump as I rotated and started climbing into the air. In the shadow of my plane; I could see something looked strange about my tailwheel; but couldn't tell for sure. To be safe; I landed at [a nearby] airstrip due to it being nice and wide and long in case anything happened. On landing; my tailwheel and spring came off and my right main gear collapsed causing the aircraft to ground loop by hitting the right wingtip and prop. I must have hit a rock or something on takeoff causing my landing gear to malfunction on landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Maule M5 220C pilot reported damaging his tailwheel during takeoff from a river bank. He lost directional control on the ensuing landing when the tailwheel came off and the right main gear collapsed.

Narrative: I was out looking for a picnic area for the family on the river. I found a place and landed. On takeoff; I felt a thump as I rotated and started climbing into the air. In the shadow of my plane; I could see something looked strange about my tailwheel; but couldn't tell for sure. To be safe; I landed at [a nearby] airstrip due to it being nice and wide and long in case anything happened. On landing; my tailwheel and spring came off and my right main gear collapsed causing the aircraft to ground loop by hitting the right wingtip and prop. I must have hit a rock or something on takeoff causing my landing gear to malfunction on landing.

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.