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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Namer T-6G · Riverside, CA · March 26, 2004

Date: March 26, 2004 · 16:02 local
Place: Riverside, CA
Airport: Riverside Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N49939
Reported as: Namer T6G
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total300 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N49939Registered now · North American T-6GS/N 49-3352 · Built 1951 Airframe modelNorth American T-6G Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After a formation flight and landing the pilot was taxiing as a flight of two. The lead aircraft a T-6T trainer stopped abruptly on the taxiway and the pilot of N49939 (T-6) lost sight of this aircraft over the cowling. The pilot of N49939 (T-6) applied the brakes aggressively and the aircraft nosed over. The propeller contacted the taxiway pavement, causing damage to the prop.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER A FORMATION FLIGHT AND LANDING THE PILOT WAS TAXIING AS A FLIGHT OF TWO. THE LEAD AIRCRAFT A T-6T TRAINER STOPPED ABRUPTLY ON THE TAXIWAY AND THE PILOT OF N49939 (T-6) LOST SIGHT OF THIS AIRCRAFT OVER THE COWLING. THE PILOT OF N49939 (T-6) APPLIED THE BRAKES AGGRESSIVELY AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE TAXIWAY PAVEMENT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROP.