- Date
- April 25, 1987, 08:35 local (12:35 UTC)
- Place
- Sumter, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13PHSpartan 7W
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870425014839A
- Case key
- 7431
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that the airplane began to turn to the left after ldg when the tailwheel touched down; subsequent efforts to counteract the turn were not successful. The airplane ran off the side of the rwy and hit a depression in the terrain, collapsing the main ldg gear. The wind at the time was reportedly calm. Post-accident examination of the airplane by an FAA airworthiness inspector revealed no evidence of any pre-existing mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13PH
- Reported as
- Spartan 7W
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13
- Airframe hours
- 3,600
- Engine
- P&W WASPJR-R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas P. Hartness
- Registered owner
- Thomas P. Hartness
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 9, 1986
- Departed
- GMU · Greenville, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SSC · Shaw Afb, runway 22L, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total · 115 in this make and model · 15,380 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.