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Small aircraft CFI ground loops his aircraft when tail wheel will not deflect in a steering maneuver.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 180293 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199106 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pdk |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 180293 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Landing small aircraft and it ground-looped in light crosswind. Chkride afterward with another CFI indicated no problem with my technique, but found that tail wheel would not fully turn to the right, leading to ground-loop to the left. Lesson: if anything at all screwy during preflight or taxiout, don't fly--get it checked. Luckily no damage to aircraft and no injuries.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA CFI GND LOOPS HIS ACFT WHEN TAIL WHEEL WILL NOT DEFLECT IN A STEERING MANEUVER.
Narrative: LNDG SMA AND IT GND-LOOPED IN LIGHT XWIND. CHKRIDE AFTERWARD WITH ANOTHER CFI INDICATED NO PROB WITH MY TECHNIQUE, BUT FOUND THAT TAIL WHEEL WOULD NOT FULLY TURN TO THE RIGHT, LEADING TO GND-LOOP TO THE LEFT. LESSON: IF ANYTHING AT ALL SCREWY DURING PREFLT OR TAXIOUT, DON'T FLY--GET IT CHKED. LUCKILY NO DAMAGE TO ACFT AND NO INJURIES.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.