- Date
- May 22, 2003, 08:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5485VNorth American SNJ-6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Albuquerque FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030522036459A
- Case key
- 57059
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll. Contributing factors include, the pressures induced on the pilot by the landing conditions and the asphalt walkway on the side of the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was on approach for runway 22 with another aircraft in the pattern, doing touch-and-go landings. The separation was adequate; however, the pilot said he felt the pressure of the aircraft following him. The landing was uneventful; however, in his haste to clear the runway, he relaxed the back pressure which allowed the tail to come back up. The airplane drifted to the left, departing the edge of the runway. The left main wheel struck an asphalt walkway, causing substantial damage to the airplane.
Factual narrative
On May 22, 2003, at 0845 mountain daylight time, a North American SNJ-6, N5485V, was substantially damaged when it departed the left side of the runway during landing at Double Eagle II Airport (AEG), Albuquerque, New Mexico. The airline transport pilot, the sole occupant on board, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. No flight plan had been filed for the flight that originated from Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 0812.
According to the pilot, he was on approach for runway 22. He said there was another aircraft in the pattern, doing touch-and-go landings. The pilot stated that the separation was adequate; however, he "felt the pressure" of the aircraft following him. The landing was uneventful; however, in his "haste to clear the runway, [he] relaxed the back pressure [which allowed] the tail to come back up." The airplane drifted to the left, departed the runway and the left main wheel struck an asphalt walkway.
Both the left and the right main gear collapsed, the right wing tip rib was bent, and the right main fuel tank was punctured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5485V
- Reported as
- North American SNJ-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 112007
- Airframe hours
- 6,390
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R 1340 AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald L. Symington
- Registered owner
- Symington Managment Services LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 2002 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- SAF · Sante Fe, NM
- Destination
- AEG · Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- AEG · Double Eagle II, runway 22, 7,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- December 21, 2001
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,078 total · 46 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.25 inHg
- Observed at
- AEG, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5485V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.