19951002041209I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Spitfire · Albuquerque, NM · October 2, 1995

Date: October 2, 1995 · 08:30 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N721WK
Reported as: Amtr Spitfire
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,800 total95 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N721WKRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 2002 · Vickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVIS/N SL-721 · Built 1945 Airframe modelVickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVI Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on October 7, 1995, at 8:30 MST, a supermarine Spitfire mk-xvi, N721WK, lost air pressure while operating near the santa fe airport (saf). The pilot elected to fly to the Albuquerque airport (abq) in order to utilize a long runway and available emergency facilities. The pilot made a no-flap, no-brake landing and the pilot was unable to control the direction of the aircraft during roll-out. The aircraft veered off the runway and the landing gear collapsed resulting in minor damage to the propeller and the bottom of the aircraft. The pilot was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 7, 1995, AT 8:30 MST, A SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK-XVI, N721WK, LOST AIR PRESSURE WHILE OPERATING NEAR THE SANTA FE AIRPORT (SAF). THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLY TO THE ALBUQUERQUE AIRPORT (ABQ) IN ORDER TO UTILIZE A LONG RUNWAY AND AVAILABLE EMERGENCY FACILITIES. THE PILOT MADE A NO-FLAP, NO-BRAKE LANDING AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING ROLL-OUT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.