- Date
- May 1, 2008, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Uvalde, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N603JS2007 Savage Air Epic LT
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Flight Standards Disctrict Office
- FAA report
- 20080501836029A
- Case key
- 67929
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive speed during a turn off the active runway to the taxiway which exceeded the lateral limits of the supporting landing gear structure resulting in the collapse of the left main gear.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot completed an uneventful normal landing after an approximate 45 minute instrument flight rules cross country flight. While making a right turn to clear the runway the left main landing gear collapsed. An on scene investigation was conducted by a Federal Aviation Administration Air Safety Inspector and it was determined that the damage to the landing gear and supporting structure was minor. There was minimal surface damage to the wings and flight control surfaces. Tire skid marks that matched the width of the main gear and followed the path of the airplane was consistent with initiating a turn at high speed. The pilot and his three passengers were not injured and exited the airplane unassisted.
Factual narrative
The pilot completed an uneventful normal landing after an approximate 45 minute instrument flight rules cross country flight. While making a right turn to clear the runway the left main landing gear collapsed. An on scene investigation was conducted by a Federal Aviation Administration Air Safety Inspector and it was determined that the damage to the landing gear and supporting structure was minor. There was minimal surface damage to the wings and flight control surfaces. Tire skid marks that matched the width of the main gear and followed the path of the airplane was consistent with initiating a turn at high speed. The pilot and his three passengers were not injured and exited the airplane unassisted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N603JS
- Reported as
- 2007 Savage Air Epic LT
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 015
- Airframe hours
- 77
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A, 1,200 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Savage Air, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 1, 2008
- Departed
- RYW · Largo Vista, TX
- Destination
- UVA · Uvalde, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KUVA · Garner Field Airport, runway 15, 5,255 × 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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,225 total · 41 in this make and model · 1,085 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.62 inHg
- Observed at
- KUVA
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 N603JS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.