- Date
- September 12, 2026, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Roswell, NM · On Airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29ADAerovodochody L-29 Delfin
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260912012089A
- Case key
- 203813
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29AD
- Reported as
- Aerovodochody L-29 Delfin
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 792405
- Built
- 1968
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Air race/show · Part 91
- Operator
- Antique Aero Restorations LLC
- Registered owner
- Antique Aero Restorations LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- ROW · Roswell Air Center, runway 17, 10,008 × 100 ft, asphalt
N29ADRegistered now · Aerovodochody L-29 DELFINAirframe modelAerovodochody L-29 DELFINEngine modelRolls-Royce VIPER MK60122
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 9 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Observed at
- KROW, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KROW 121751Z 03009G14KT 10SM CLR 38/07 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP075 T03780067 10378 20200 58001
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.