# NTSB DEN84LA097: Swearingen SA26AT, N17JJ, Ruidoso, NM, February 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 22, 1984, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Coordinates: 33.349422, -105.680648 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3494&lon=-105.6806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16341
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16341/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA097

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - pressure induced by others, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17JJ-2001-06-11), registration cancelled 2001-06-11, S/N T26-166 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA26AT
- Registry model: [Swearingen SA-26AT](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-26at) (registry code 8780112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 166
- Airframe hours: 3161
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840222005089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840222005089A), Feb 22, 1984: Swrngn SA26AT, Ruidoso, NM, Substantial damage. Failed to note gear handle not full down while landing in severe turbulence. Landed gear up.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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