# NTSB OAK70D0203: Spartan 7W, N47W, Lemoore, CA, July 15, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 15, 1969
- Place: Lemoore, CA · LEMOORE, CA
- Location: 36.2953° N, 119.7973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lemoore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2953&lon=-119.7973&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 23, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167143
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70D0203
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70D0203

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3307  69/7/15    LEMOORE,CALIF       SPARTAN 7W          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 20000
        TIME - 1430                    N47W                PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLETT FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LEMOORE,CALIF               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- R BRAKE PEDAL ACTUATING ROD BROKE IN THREADED SECTION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N47W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47W), registered now, S/N 25, built 1939 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPARTAN 7W
- Registry model: [Spartan 7W](https://openairdocs.org/model/spartan-7w) (registry code 8430302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Willett Field

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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