# Incident 19980725036909I: Namer SNJ5B, Kenosha, WI, July 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1998, 11:58 local time
- Place: Kenosha, WI
- Airport: Kenosha Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5875° N, 87.8800° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenosha, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5875&lon=-87.8800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9805C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9805C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-5B (registry code 6400419, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ5B
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 14 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980725036909I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-5)ON JULY 25, 1998, AT 1158 CDT A NORTH AMERICAN T-6, N9805C, GROUND LOOPED WHILE LANDING AT KENOSHA, WI.  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  THE FLIGHT WAS A LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATING AT KENOSHA, WI.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  INITIAL OBSERVATION INDICATED A FAILURE OF THE TAILWHEEL LOCK MECHANISM.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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