Reeves AVID MARK IV N6313T

Summary

On 2 April 2011 at about 15:30 local time, a Reeves AVID MARK IV registered N6313T was involved in an accident near Brookfield, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 April 2011 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Brookfield, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

North Central Missouri Regiona (MO8)

Coordinates

39.7700, -93.0125

Aircraft

Reeves AVID MARK IV

Registration

N6313T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brookfield → Brookfield

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11LA281

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in the airplane departing the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that before the accident flight he changed the tailwheel assembly, which resulted in an increase in tire width. He said that he made the change so that the tailwheel would "float" during the landing roll on turf runways. The pilot was landing at a local airport when the tailwheel experienced a severe shimmy on touchdown. The airplane started to pull and then veer off the left side of the runway and impacted a ditch, despite the pilot's rudder application. A postaccident examination of the airplane showed no preimpact anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.