Spartan 7W N17662
12 March 2008 · Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 March 2008 at about 17:40 local time, a Spartan 7W registered N17662 was involved in an accident near Santa Fe, New Mexico, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 17:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Santa Fe Municipal (SAF)
- Coordinates
- 35.6175, -106.0936
- Aircraft
- Spartan 7W
- Registration
- N17662
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Santa Fe → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN08LA064
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
Fatigue failure of the right main landing gear, rendering directional control impossible and causing an overload failure of the left main landing gear.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was practicing full stop landings and he made a "firm" landing. Shortly thereafter, the right main landing gear collapsed and the airplane began veering to the right. The pilot made corrective inputs but could not maintain directional control. The airplane departed the runway. The left main landing gear then collapsed. Both wings were bent and the fuselage sustained bulkhead damage. According to NTSB's Materials Laboratory report, the right main landing gear strut "appeared relatively rough and light gray consistent with overstress fracture of a cast aluminum alloy." Examination of the corner radius where the outboard support flange intersects the vertical tube "showed areas with a smooth faceted appearance with curving boundaries consistent with fatigue." Examination of the fractures faces of the left main landing gear strut "showed features indicative of overstress separation...An area of the fracture surface was smooth and shiny, features consistent with smearing associated with the compression side of an overstress fracture in bending."
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Spartan 7 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jul 2000 | Spartan 7W | Jefferson, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Apr 1987 | Spartan 7W | Sumter, South Carolina, United States | Thomas P. Hartness | No injuries | - |
| 3 Aug 1981 | Spartan 7W | Phillipsburg, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1979 | Spartan 7W | Martinsville, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 1974 | Spartan 7W | Hawthorne, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Apr 1972 | Spartan 7W | Reno, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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