ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298749
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| Date: | Thursday 6 July 2000 |
| Time: | 11:45 LT |
| Type: | Spartan 7W |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N17613 |
| MSN: | 12 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3652 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R985 AN-1-148 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | JEFFERSON, Ohio -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | MIDDLEFIELD , OH (7G8) |
| (KHZY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the airplane touched down, the left wing would not remain level despite inputs to the aileron. Control of the airplane was maintained for about 500 feet, then the airplane swerved left and departed the left side of the runway, onto a grass area. Examination of the airplane revealed that the left main landing gear assembly broke at the top shock strut mount. The owner forwarded components from the left main landing gear to an independent metallurgist. The fracture surface on the left main landing gear strut housing was examined under a scanning electron microscope, and the metallurgist concluded, 'the bulk of the fracture surface of the housing was a cleavage fracture which would be consistent with an overload condition coupled with the low ductility of the housing. The airplane was built in 1937, and the landing gear assembly was an original part.
Probable Cause: The overload failure of the left main gear strut housing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC00LA190
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 22:13 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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