# Incident 20060506008219I: Amtr NIEUPORT17, Chandler, AZ, May 6, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2006, 08:00 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124PW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124PW-2007-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Walker Billy NIEUPORT 17 (registry code 0560543, https://openairdocs.org/model/walker-billy-nieuport-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR NIEUPORT17
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 39,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060506008219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT'S STATEMENT: PURSUANT TO OUR VISIT AT CHD THIS MORNING, THE FOLLOWING IS WHAT HAPPENED FROM MY PERSPECTIVE: I WAS IN A 2-SHIP TAKE-OFF FROM KCHD ON SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THE INTENDED FLIGHT WAS TO HAVE BREAKFAST AT NEARBY WILLIAMS GATEWAY (KIWA). THE STEARMAN LEADING OUR FLIGHT DEPARTED NORMALLY FROM RUNWAY 04L. AFTER HE HAD LIFTED OFF, I BEGAN MY TAKE-OFF ROLL. I HEARD, AND FELT, A SHARP "POP" WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT PULLING LEFT. FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND FULL RIGHT BRAKE WOULD NOT CORRECT THE LEFT TURN. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AT TAXIWAY FOXTROT STILL ON THE RUNWAY ALBEIT THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS IN THE DIRT AT THE EDGE OF THE HARD SURFACE. I EXITED THE COCKPIT AND SAW WHERE THE RIGHT WHEEL HAD FOLDED AT THE POINT IT IS ATTACHED TO THE AXLE. I SAW WHAT CAUSED THE LOUD POP AND LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. ONE OF THE CROSS CABLES FOR THE LANDING GEAR HAD FAILED. VERY LIGHT DAMAGE RESULTED WITH MOST OF THE DAMAGE HAVING RESULTED FROM PULLING THE AIRCRAFT CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. WEATHER AND RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR.

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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