# Incident 20000521016239I: Amtr S51D, Belen, NM, May 21, 2000 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 21, 2000, 18:25 local time - Place: Belen, NM - Airport: Alexander Municipal Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.7666° N, 106.8085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belen, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7666&lon=-106.8085&mi=10 - Aircraft: N51S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51S-2013-08-21) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Stewart 51 Inc/Stewart J D STEWART S-51D (registry code 05625AW, https://openairdocs.org/model/stewart-51-inc-stewart-j-d-stewart-s-51d) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMTR S51D - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 18,300 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000521016239I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23)ON 05/21/00, APPROXIMATELY 1825 MDT, AN STEWART MODEL S-51D (N51S) OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , WAS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT'S LANDING HEAR COLLAPSED WHILE ON LANDING ROLL-OUT ON RWY 21 AT THE BELEN, NM (E80) AIRPORT. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, HOLDS AN U.S. RESTRICTED PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE (BASED ON HIS AUSTRALIAM ATP) WITH AIRPLANE, SINGLE & MULTIENGINE, LAND RATING(S). THE PILOT WAS ININJURIED IN THE INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR FERRY FLIGHT, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MIDLAND, TX, APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. WITNESSES TO THE LANDING STATED THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND THE LANDING WITH LIGHT X-WIND CONDITIONS. DURING ROLLOUT, THEY SAW THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BEGIN TO SLOWLY BEGIN TO FOLD BACK INTO THE WHEEL WELL. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ON THE PROPELLER AND SLID OFF THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED HE MADE A NORMAL WHEEL LANDING. AFTER LANDING, AS HE WAS LOWERING THE TAILWHEEL, HE HEARD A LOUD "CRACK" AND THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING BEGAN TO SETTLE AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TOWARD THE RIGHT. HE COUNTERED WITH LEFT AILERON, SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, AND ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE. AS SPEED DECREASED, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SETTLE ON IT'S RIGHT SIDE AND THE PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE RUNWAY. ON TUESDAY (5/24/00) ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ (AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS WORKED ON SEVERAL OF THESE PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT) EXAMINED THE LANDING GEAR. HE DISCOVERED THE DOWNLOCK CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT MLG TRUNION HAD FAILED, ALLOWING THE LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT. HE STATED THIS FILLING IS A WELDED-UP FITTING, ANF THE WELDS HAD FAILED. HE ALSO MENTIONED THIS ARICRAFT WAS A PROTOTYPE, AND THIS TRUNION WAS CORRECTED ON LATER AIRCRAFT KITS BY MANUFACTURING THE FITTING FROM MILLED MATERIAL. ## Other reports on N51S (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19980418007199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980418007199A), Apr 18, 1998: Amtr S51D (N51S), Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. On April 18, 1998, at 0930 eastern daylight time, a stewart 51 inc., S-51D, N51S, collided with the ditch on the departure end of the runway, according to the… - [Incident 19941127042509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941127042509I), Nov 27, 1994: Amtr S51D (N51S), Vero Beach, FL, Minor damage. Unable extend landing gear. Landed gear up. Appears up locks failed. - [Incident 19940829036219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940829036219I), Aug 29, 1994: Amtr S51D (N51S), Lansing, IL, Minor damage. Left gear not in uplock during aerobatics. G load bent actuator rod. Gear would lower halfway. Damage on landing. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.