# Accident 20080312012059A: Spartn 7W, Santa Fe, NM, March 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2008, 11:20 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6175° N, 106.0936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6175&lon=-106.0936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17662, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17662) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spartan 7W (registry code 8430302, https://openairdocs.org/model/spartan-7w) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPARTN 7W
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,037 total, 60 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080312012059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 12, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1120 MDT, A SPARTAN 7W, N17662, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING AT THE SANTA FE, NM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SAF). THE PILOT REPORTED TAHT THIS WAS THE SECOND LANDING OF THE DAY AND THAT THE LANDING WAS FIRM. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION BROKE AND THE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED SAF ON A LOCAL SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 MDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 DEN08LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA064), Mar 12, 2008: Spartan 7W (N17662), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. 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.

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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