# Incident 20211205020609I: Aerokit Inc SA32-T, Edgewood, NM, December 5, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2021, 14:05 local time
- Place: Edgewood, NM
- Airport: Sandia Airpark Estates
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0614° N, 106.1914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edgewood, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0614&lon=-106.1914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerokit SA32-T (registry code 0568008, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerokit-sa32-t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-B17 series (registry code 03017, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-b17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROKIT INC SA32-T
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-B17 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211205020609I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 5, 2021, AT 1405 MDT, AN AEROKIT SA-32T TURBO TRAINER, N6Y, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A HARD LANDING WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT AT SANDIA AIRPARK ESTATES (1N1), NM.(35° 5? 40?N 106° 9? 30?W).  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN VFR CONDITIONS FROM TAOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON DECEMBER 5, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 MST.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

THIS IS THE PILOT?S FOURTH VISIT TO 1N1.  HE EXPLAINED THAT 1N1 IS AN AIRPORT ?HE DOESN?T LIKE GOING TO??   HE DESCRIBED HIS APPROACH AS LONG AND FLAT.  HE STATED THAT HE LOST SIGHT OF THE RUNWAY IN THE FLARE AND THEN NOSED OVER TO SEE IF HE WAS ON THE RUNWAY.  THIS ACTION CAUSED N6Y TO CONTACT THE GROUND.

INVESTIGATION OF THE SIGHT SHOWED THAT INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS APPROXIMATELY 130 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD.  N6Y BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND THEN SLIDING ABOUT 0.1 MILE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP IN THE DIRT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 27.

BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION FROM THE PILOT, THE IIC DETERMINED THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PILOT?S LACK OF PROFICIENCY, LANDING PROCEDURES AND AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING..

## Other reports on N6Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20170330003019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170330003019I), Mar 30, 2017: Aerokit Inc SA32-T (N6Y), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On March 30, 2017, at 1145 MST, a Aerokit SA32T, N6Y, registered to william acheff run off the runway while landing at abq airport, Albuquerque, NM, while on a…

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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