Safety record in brief:1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Jul 1998)No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
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The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, and the resulting overload fracture of the tailwheel fork assembly.
From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for ANC98LA114)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
ON 7-31-98, A DOUGLAS DC-3 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING LANDING, THE TAIL WHEEL C ASTING SEPARATED, DRAGGING THE TAIL CONE AND DAMAGING THE TAIL CONE'S ATTACHMENT BULKHEAD. THE TAIL WHEEL CASTING-YOKE LUG WERE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.UPPER PIVOT POINT OF MAIN TAIL WHEEL FORK BROKE ON LANDING.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.NR 1 CYLINDER ON NR 2 ENGINE FAILED. SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE AND FEATHERED. RETURNED TO ANCHORAGE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.