ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287145
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| Date: | Saturday 28 February 2009 |
| Time: | 16:10 LT |
| Type: |  Thorp T-18-C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N118CK |
| MSN: | 1275 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 996 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Palm Springs, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, CA (SBA/KSBA) |
| Palm Springs International Airport, CA (PSP/KPSP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped experimental airplane had just touched down for a full-stop landing when the airplane started veering to the left. Although the pilot applied rudder and brake inputs to correct the airplane's alignment, the airplane did not respond. The pilot then added power to help correct the veering, but the airplane departed the left side of the runway and impacted a runway/taxiway sign. A postaccident inspection of the tubular steel left gear leg revealed that it had partially failed along a corroded weld line, and had bent backwards from its normal position. Corrosion/rust was present on about one inch of the fracture face, and along a wider area of the interior wall of the gear leg adjacent to the fracture. The fracture itself continued around about 70 percent of the circumference of the tubular leg.
Probable Cause: A loss of directional control due to the fatigue failure of a tubular steel gear leg along a corroded weld line.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR09CA134
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| 1 March 2009 | N118CK | private | Palm Springs, CA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 07:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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