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| Date: | Friday 27 October 2023 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3910M |
| MSN: | 12-2808 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3238 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-C1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Stephen A Bean Municipal Airport (8B0), Rangeley, ME -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Norridgewock-Central Maine Airport, ME (OWK/KOWK) |
| Rangeley, ME | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The tailwheel equipped airplane veered to the left during the landing roll and nosed over when the pilot attempted to correct by utilizing the airplane's brakes. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing. The right tailwheel spring was found disconnected. Subsequent inspection of the right tail-wheel spring revealed tooling marks, and that the attachment loop had been closed back towards its original radius. When asked about the tooling marks on the separated spring, the pilot/owner suggested they may have occurred during a previous annual inspection or “when it fell off a few years ago when I had a bad tailwheel shimmy.' At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing the airplane on runway 32 with wind from 250° at 5 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a crosswind, after the right tailwheel spring separated.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA24LA024
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=3910M
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2023 21:35 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 28-Oct-2023 06:41 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 28-Oct-2023 20:00 | vasilf | Updated |
| 30-Oct-2023 13:33 | Captain Adam | Updated |
| 27-Oct-2024 20:47 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
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