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N176621940 Spartan 7W

Registration validUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 18, 2026

Safety record in brief:1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Mar 2008)No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report

Registration
Valid
expires Sep 30, 2028
Based in
Mount Pleasant, TX
owner city / state
Owners
1
since 2018
NTSB events
1
substantial, 2008
ADs may apply
0
confirm with A&P
Service reports
1
since 1995

Registration

FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026
Registered owner
Individual owner
City, state
Mount Pleasant, TX
Certificate issued
Sep 25, 2018
Expires
Sep 30, 2028
Airworthiness
Standard
Airworthiness date
Dec 19, 1958

We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.

Airframe & engine

FAA Registry + type data

Airframe

Manufacturer
Spartan
Model
7W
Year
1940
Serial number
28
Aircraft type
Fixed wing single engine
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
5
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code
A132BC

Engine

Make and model
P&W R-985 Series
Type
Reciprocating
Power
450 hp

Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.

Ownership history

Ownership history from FAA records
  1. 2018 – nowIndividual ownerMount Pleasant, TX · current

Individual owners are shown by city and state only.

Safety record

NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026

NTSB events (1)

Accident · substantial damage

Mar 12, 2008 · Santa Fe, NM

Fatigue failure of the right main landing gear, rendering directional control impossible and causing an overload failure of the left main landing gear.

Damage
Substantial
Injuries
None
Report
DEN08LA064

From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for DEN08LA064)

Accident history for this model

ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)

These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.

No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.

AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.

Service Difficulty Reports (1)

Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.

  • Fuselage · tube · bentSep 1, 2004

    DURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION, FOUND AFT FUSELAGE TUBES BENT AND CRACKED. THIS AREA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED FOR SIMILAR CONDITION. DAMAGE WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY TAIL WHEEL LINK STRIKING TUBES AS A RESULT OF UNDER INFLATION OR COLLAPSE OF TAIL WHEEL STRUT. THERE IS NO EXTERNAL STOP ON THE TAIL…

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.

Sources

  • FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
  • NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
  • FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
  • FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026

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