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LAX87LA277

1987-07-22 · CHANDLER, Arizona, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport P19

N252W has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-5, built 1946), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE CFI INDICATED THAT THE TAILWHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY DURING ROLLOUT. AS FORWARD CONTROL YOKE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED THE SHIMMY WENT AWAY, HOWEVER, AS THE ACFT BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, THE TAILWHEEL WAS LOWERED AND BEGAN TO SHIMMY AGAIN. AS THE ACFT CONTINUED TO SLOW IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE CFI APPLIED LEFT RUDDER. INITIALLY THE ACFT CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT. SUBSEQUENTLY IT ROLLED LEFT, DRAGGING ITS LEFT WING AND COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RETENTION BOLT FOR THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SPRING ASSEMBLY WAS BENT AND DISPLAYED ROTATIONAL SCORING AT ITS MID-POINT. THE THREADS OF BOTH THE BOLT AND ITS ASSOCIATED NUT WERE FOUND STRIPPED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_LAX87LA277.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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