Citabria flight instructor reported that the tail wheel leaf spring broke during landing.

Attributes
ACN	1577342
Time
Date	201809
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Champion Citabria Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Tail Wheel
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 1400 Flight Crew Type 40
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

Upon first landing with student; tail wheel leaf spring broke. I was able to lift the tail with aircraft thrust and control the aircraft to taxi off of the runway to a taxiway where the aircraft was towed to the hanger using a tug. The landing was not a hard landing. The aircraft only has around 120 flight hours since new.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Citabria Flight Instructor reported that the tail wheel leaf spring broke during landing.

Narrative: Upon first landing with student; tail wheel leaf spring broke. I was able to lift the tail with aircraft thrust and control the aircraft to taxi off of the runway to a taxiway where the aircraft was towed to the hanger using a tug. The landing was not a hard landing. The aircraft only has around 120 flight hours since new.

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.