# Incident 20130516008089I: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, Albuquerque, NM, May 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2013, 12:45 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44873, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44873) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (registry code 6120202, https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130516008089I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 16, 2013, AT 12:45 MDT, A NAVY N3N, N44873 REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, MADE A FORCED LANDING ON THE TAXI WAY ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 26 AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT AIRPORT AFTER LOSING POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING RELOCATED FROM CHICO, CA TO WINTERPORT, ME AND THIS LEG OF THE FLIGHT STARTED IN WINSLOW, AZ.

## Other reports on N44873 (2)

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

- [Incident 19920627027779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920627027779I), Jun 27, 1992: Naval N3N3 (N44873), Truckee, CA. Left hand brake assembly seized on rollout. Aircraft ground looped and nosed over.
- [Incident 19910808047749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910808047749I), Aug 8, 1991: Naval N3N3 (N44873), Truckee, CA, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft on landing rollout. Veered left and nosed over.

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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