# Incident 20020516019009I: Namer AT6, Ocean City, MD, May 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Ocean City, MD
- Airport: Ocean City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3105° N, 75.1240° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEAN CITY MUNI (OXB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3105&lon=-75.1240&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 80 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020516019009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/16/02, MR. THOMAS MALONE, WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A 1944 NORTH AMERICAN AT6, N36. DURING A LANDING AT OCEAN CITY AIRPORT, OCEAN CITY, MD. MR. MALONE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 20 INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH. THE LANDING GEAR WAS KNOCKED OFF AND SOME MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS. THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE OUT OF 250 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LOST RUDDER EFFECTIVENESS AND THE AIRPLANE WEATHER VANED INTO THE WIND. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS DOING A WHEEL LANDING AND DID NOT HAVE THE TAIL WHEEL ON THE RUNWAY AT THE TIME OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LOSS.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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