# Incident 20191201020989I: Eclipse Aviation Corp EA500, Abilene, TX, December 1, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2019, 10:20 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Abilene Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4113° N, 99.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABILENE RGNL (ABI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4113&lon=-99.6819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eclipse EA500 (registry code 3350000, https://openairdocs.org/model/eclipse-ea500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-A (registry code 52267, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw610f-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ECLIPSE AVIATION CORP EA500
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW610F-A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,534 total, 223 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191201020989I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 1, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1032 CDT, N53WA, AN ECLIPSE EA-500  WAS CONDUCTING A PERSONAL FLIGHT AND LANDED AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT IN ABILENE, TEXAS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE SUSTAINED A TIRE BLOWOUT DURING LANDING AND FLATTENED DURING ROLLOUT.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HAMMOND NORTHSHORE REGIONAL AIRPORT, LOUISIANA ON DECEMBER 1, AT 0900.

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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