N755K is a 2005 Smith Aviation PA 18 WB. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 2 seats, powered by a Lycoming O-360-C4P rated at 180 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Conifer, CO. Its experimental airworthiness certificate was issued in Feb 2013. It has been registered to its current owner since Sep 2014. This page also carries 2 NTSB events.
- 21 years old
- Only 8 Smith Aviation PA 18 WB here
2014
2013
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The pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he made a three-point landing. During the landing roll, the airplane veered left, and he corrected with right rudder and right brake. Subsequently, the airplane ground-looped to the right, the left main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing struck the ground.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing spar.
The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The pilot reported that the tail wheel on her single-engine airplane had just undergone maintenance to alleviate a shimmy and was told to go practice some touch and go landings to see if the problem had been alleviated. The pilot did several landings and said the shimmy had improved but was not completely gone. However, on the sixth landing, the pilot landed on the tail wheel which resulted in an "extreme and violent" shimmy. The airplane veered to the right and the pilot tried to correct for it by applying pressure to just one brake. The airplane continued to veer off the runway, so the pilot applied both brakes and the airplane flipped over resulting in substantial damage to the right wing strut and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems and the accident could have been prevented if she kept the airplane on the runway.
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