# Accident 20050903020639A: Amtr ECLIPSE500, Albuquerque, NM, September 3, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2005, 11:52 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050903020639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2005, AT 1152 MDT, EXPERIMENTAL-RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ECLIPSE 500 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N505EA, OWNED BY ECLIPSE AVIATION CORPORATION. ECLIPSE AVIATION PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXECUTED A GEAR UP LANDING AT SUNPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS CONDUCTING A TRAINING RIDE WITH ANOTHER ECLIPSE AVIATION PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WHO WAS RECEIVING PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION ON NORMAL AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. DURING FINAL THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND EXECUTED STANDARD LANDING PROCEDURES WHEN THE TOWER REQUESTED N505EA TO EXECUTE A SHORT APPROACH ON RUNWAY RW3. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TURNED FOR SHORT FINAL, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEARS. THE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM IS NOT OPERATIONAL, SINCE THE AIRCRAFT IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE NOTED, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE PRESSURE VESSEL AND FLAP TRAILING EDGES. NO INJURIES REPORTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL RECOVERED AND REPOSITIONED AIRCRAFT AT ECLIPSE AVIATION HANGAR AT SUNPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N500EA (1)

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

- [Incident 20030724016269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030724016269I), Jul 24, 2003: Amtr ECLIPSE500 (N500EA), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On July 24, 2003, at 0750 MDT, N500EA. An experimental (r&d) eclipse 500 business jet, registered to eclipse aviation, corporation Albuquerque, NM,…

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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