# Accident 19751217038189A: Amtr 3630341, Grand Prairie, TX, December 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1975
- Place: Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport: Grand Prairie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 32.6988° N, 97.0469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND PRAIRIE MUNI (GPM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6988&lon=-97.0469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1918S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 3630341
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,794 total, 6 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FPD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FPD22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751217038189A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TAILWHEEL SPRING FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW76FPD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FPD22), Dec 17, 1975: Fokker D-7 (N1918S), Grand Prairie, TX, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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