# NTSB CHI79DEX14: Spartan 7W, N79DC, Martinsville, IN, January 12, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 12, 1979
- Place: Martinsville, IN · MARTINSVILLE, IN
- Location: 39.4147° N, 86.4317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Martinsville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4147&lon=-86.4317&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137705
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI79DEX14
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEX14

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0130  79/1/12    MARTINSVILLE,IN     SPARTAN 7W          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 60, 7813
        TIME - 1720                    N79DC               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 157 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CASSIDY LDG STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          INDIANAPOLIS,IN             MARTINSVILLE,IN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N79DC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SPARTAN 7W
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Cassidy Ldg Strip

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.

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