Experimental aircraft pilot reported that the tail wheel collapsed into the fuselage.

Attributes
ACN	1584248
Time
Date	201809
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	Taxi Parked
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Tail Wheel
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8.5 Flight Crew Total 966 Flight Crew Type 13.5
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

After preflight and pulling [my aircraft] from the T hangar; [I] entered aircraft and heard an audible crunch.[I] left aircraft to inspect aircraft; [and] found tail wheel collapsed into the fuselage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Experimental aircraft pilot reported that the tail wheel collapsed into the fuselage.

Narrative: After preflight and pulling [my aircraft] from the T hangar; [I] entered aircraft and heard an audible crunch.[I] left aircraft to inspect aircraft; [and] found tail wheel collapsed into the fuselage.

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.