- Date
- February 22, 1984, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ruidoso, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17JJSwearingen SA26AT
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840222005089A
- Case key
- 16341
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft landed with the gear retracted. The plt reported that 'due to moderate low level turbulence, the landing gear handle did not reach the full down position.' He stated that his passenger was sick due to turbulence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17JJ
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 166
- Airframe hours
- 3,161
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-1-151G, 665 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jett Enterprises,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 9, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- ADM · Ardmore, OK
- Airport
- RUI · Ruidoso Municipal, runway 18, 5,500 × 75 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,100 total · 2,600 in this make and model · 3,980 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RUI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.