Monocoupe 110 SPECIAL N501W
15 October 2006 · Chandler, Arizona, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 15 October 2006 at about 21:00 local time, a Monocoupe 110 SPECIAL registered N501W was involved in an accident near Chandler, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Chandler, Arizona, United States
- Nearest airport
- Chandler Municipal Airport (CHD)
- Coordinates
- 33.2681, -111.8067
- Aircraft
- Monocoupe 110 SPECIAL
- Registration
- N501W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Eloy → Chandler
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX07CA010
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
the failure of the forward left main landing gear attach point resulting in loss of control.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The 70-year-old antique airplane veered off the runway and nosed over when the left landing gear forward attach point failed on touchdown. The airplane nosed over when it encountered the soft sand next to the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer. The owner pilot reported that the gear's forward attach point that is located under a fairing appeared to have failed on touchdown. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the failure point, but was unable to determine the mode of failure.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Monocoupe 110 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Mar 2007 | Monocoupe 110 | Camarillo, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 2007 | Monocoupe 110SP | Utopia, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Feb 1999 | Monocoupe 110 | Limington, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 2016 | Monocoupe 110 | Chandler, Arizona, United States | White James L | No injuries | - |
| 8 Oct 1994 | Monocoupe 110 SPECIAL | Langley, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 1993 | Monocoupe 110 | Lakeland, Florida, United States | Lerille, Lloyd J. | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2006 | General Atomics PREDATOR B | Nogales, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 2006 | Piper PA 23-235 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 2006 | Waco Classic YMF 5C | Holbrook, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 2006 | Wilson Quicksilver SPORT 2S | Buckeye, Arizona, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
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| 8 Jun 2006 | Cessna 152 | Peoria, Arizona, United States | Pan Am International Flight Academy | Fatal | 2 |