# Incident 20000513017049I: Namer AT6, Crestview, FL, May 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2000, 15:15 local time
- Place: Crestview, FL
- Airport: Bob Sikes Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7788° N, 86.5221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOB SIKES (CEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7788&lon=-86.5221&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6972C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6972C-2016-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American AT-6 (registry code 6400402, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-at-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER AT6
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 597 total, 59 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000513017049I

## Narrative

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

(-23)IN CROSS-WIND CONDITIONS DURING LANDING AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY (17). RIGHT WING RAISED CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO WEATHER-VANE RIGHT.  WHEN AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT.  DUE TO UNEVEN TERRAIN, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO HOEL THE TAIL DOWN WHILE SLOWING AT WHICH POINT AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED STRIKING THE PROPELLER, COWLING, LEFT WING, AND BENDING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY.  FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT RUCKEL FIELD (FL17), FINAL DESTINATION BOB SIKES FIELD (CEW).

## Other reports on N6972C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890222002399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890222002399A), Feb 22, 1989: Namer AT6 (N6972C), Compton, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Force landed on city street. Hit wires and poles. Found a fatigue-cracked engine cylinder.

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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