Accident Maule M-4 N40354, Saturday 20 June 1987

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Date:	Saturday 20 June 1987
Time:	16:00 LT
Type:	Maule M-4
Owner/operator:	Brian G.rowell
Registration:	N40354
MSN:	2132
Total airframe hrs:	850 hours
Engine model:	FRANKLIN 6A-350-C1
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Wellsville, NY - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Watertown, NY
Destination airport:	Dayton, OH
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHIMMY UPON T/D AND THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT MADE A GO-AROUND AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME CONDITION ON THE SECOND T/D. ON THE THIRD T/D, THE PILOT LANDED BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE ACFT UNTIL IT HAD SLOWED TO 10-15 MPH. IT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT, DIPPING ITS LEFT WING AND COLLAPSING THE LEFT GEAR. THE ACFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY SUPPORTED BY THE WING, RIGHT MAIN GEAR, AND THE TAIL WHEEL. EXAM OF THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY REVEALED THAT THE TENSION SPRINGS WERE NOT CONNECTED.

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