- Date
- April 24, 1981
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM · SANTA FE, NM
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N474USwearingen SA26AT
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810424018809A
- Case key
- 125369
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3589 81/4/24 SANTA FE,NM SWEARINGEN SA26AT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 12600 TIME - 0802 N474U PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 362 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA FE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOBBS,NM SANTA FE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT STATED L BRAKE WOULD NOT RLS.FOUND NO PRE-ACDNT FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N474U
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Fe Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.