# Incident 20030724016269I: Amtr ECLIPSE500, Albuquerque, NM, July 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2003, 07:50 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500EA-2007-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eclipse 500 (registry code 05619FU, https://openairdocs.org/model/eclipse-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ22 (registry code 66001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ECLIPSE500
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,034 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030724016269I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON JULY 24, 2003, AT 0750 MDT, N500EA. AN EXPERIMENTAL (R&D) ECLIPSE 500 BUSINESS JET, REGISTERED TO ECLIPSE AVIATION, CORPORATION ALBUQUERQUE, NM, EXPERIENCED A RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILURE SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHING DOWN AT THE CONCLUSION OF A PRODUCTION TEST FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE COMPANY HAD AN APPROVED TEST FLIGHT AREA ARRANGED WITH ATC BUT NO IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THE ATP CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED ONE HOUR EARLIER FROM THE SAME AIRPORT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A CAST FITTING ON THE MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR HAD FAILED AT THE AIRFRAME ATTACH POINT. IT WAS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THIS TYPE ACTUATOR AND THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER HAD RECENTLY DECIDED TO CHANGE ACTUATOR MANUFACTURERS DUE TO PRODUCTION PROBLEMS. ADDITIONALLY, AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER IS CONSIDERING A LANDING GEAR DESIGN CHANGE TO COMPENSATE FOR ACTUATOR FAILURE.

## Other reports on N500EA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050903020639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050903020639A), Sep 3, 2005: Amtr ECLIPSE500 (N500EA), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 3, 2005, at 1152 MDT, experimental-research and development eclipse 500 aircraft, registration number N505EA, owned by eclipse aviation…

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.

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