- Date
- June 6, 1999, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Belen, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99DANorth American SNJ-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990606021629A
- Case key
- 46473
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Probable cause
Encounter with soft unsuitable terrain when the aircraft departed the side of the runway during landing roll due to binding in the right main landing gear wheel assembly. A factor was the binding in the main landing gear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll, in a 4-knot wind, the aircraft departed the left side of the runway into soft, sandy, terrain. The right main landing gear dug in and collapsed causing damage to the right wing. An inspection revealed a binding in the left main landing gear wheel and brake.
Factual narrative
On June 6, 1999, at 0900 mountain daylight time, a North American SNJ-4, N99DA, sustained substantial damage when the right main landing gear collapsed as the aircraft departed the side of the runway during landing roll at Alexander Municipal Airport, Belen, New Mexico. The commercial pilot and sole occupant was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this flight operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight departed Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 0830.
According to the pilot, the landing at Belen was a normal wheel landing. He said the aircraft began to drift to the left during landing roll and he applied right rudder and brake to correct the drift. The aircraft straightened out for about 2,000 feet of travel and then veered hard left. The pilot said the application of full right rudder and brake did not correct the swerve and the aircraft departed the left side of the runway into soft sand, causing the right main landing gear to collapse. In addition, damage was done to the outer portion of the right wing.
Post-accident inspection by a mechanic revealed a binding in the left brake and wheel assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99DA
- Reported as
- North American SNJ-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 88-13391
- Airframe hours
- 2,593
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David D. Allyn
- Registered owner
- Wings Of Yesterday, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1999 · 138 hours before
- Departed
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Destination
- E80
- Airport
- E80 · Alexander Municipal, runway 3, 6,600 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,943 total · 548 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 30 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.