# NTSB WPR26LA343: Aerovodochody L-29 Delfin, N29AD, Roswell, NM, September 12, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 12, 2026, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Roswell, NM · On Airport
- Coordinates: 33.299878, -104.5294
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2999&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203813
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA343
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203813/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA343

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=0564310), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29AD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29AD), registered now, S/N 792405, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROVODOCHODY L-29 DELFIN
- Registry model: [Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerovodochody-l-29-delfin) (registry code 0564310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce VIPER MK60122](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-viper-mk60122) (registry code 54058, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 792405
- Year 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260912012089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260912012089A), Sep 12, 2026: Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN, Roswell, NM, Substantial damage. On 09/13/2026 at approx 1230 MDT a L-29 aircraft registered to a private indidvidual. The aircraft declared rt gear unsafe light. Flew around Roswell until the…

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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