# Accident 20080501836029A: Savage EPICLT, Uvalde, TX, May 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2008, 15:20 local time
- Place: Uvalde, TX
- Airport: Garner Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2093° N, 99.7802° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2093&lon=-99.7802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N603JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N603JS-2018-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Savage Air EPIC LT (registry code 05625BO, https://openairdocs.org/model/savage-air-epic-lt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A (registry code 52207, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAVAGE EPICLT
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 76 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08IA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08IA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080501836029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 1, 2008 AT 1520 HRS LOCAL, A SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURED BY EPIC AIRCRAFT CO REGISTRATION NO. N603JS WITH 3 PASSENGERS AND 1 PILOT ABOARD LANDED AT UVALDE AIRPORT UVALDE, TEXAS.  PHOTOS SHOW WHERE THE PILOT APPLIED SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE TO BOTH BRAKES.  EXCESSIVE SPEED EXITING THE RUNWAY WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR CAUSING A HEAVY LOAD ONTO THE LEFT LANDING GEAR ULTIMATELY COLLAPSING THE GEAR.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMGE TO THE LEFT LANDING GEAR, AND LANDING GEAR STRUT SUPPORT BRACE, OVER CENTER LINK AT TOP OF THE STRUT WAS DAMAGED ALSO DAMGE OCCURRED TO A PITOT TUBE, ONE FLAP HINGE AND THE AILERON PUSH PULL ROD ON THE LEFT WING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  NO POST FLIGHT FIRE OCCURRED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW08IA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08IA126), May 1, 2008: 2007 Savage Air Epic LT (N603JS), Uvalde, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive speed during a turn off the active runway to the taxiway which exceeded the lateral limits of the supporting landing gear structure resulting in the collapse of the left main…

## Other reports on N603JS (1)

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

- [Accident 20120804019049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120804019049A), Aug 4, 2012: Savage Air LLC EPIC LT (N603JS), San Saba, TX, Substantial damage. On August 4, 2012, about 1030 central daylight time, a Savage Air LLC, Epic Lt airplane, N603JS, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at San Saba…

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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