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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
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.
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.