# Incident 20050417005899I: Namer AT6D, Salisbury, NC, April 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2005, 18:00 local time
- Place: Salisbury, NC
- Airport: Rowan County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6651° N, 80.4919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6651&lon=-80.4919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N494S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N494S-2012-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American AT-6D (registry code 6400416, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-at-6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER AT6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,600 total, 10 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050417005899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 17, 2005 AT 1800 LOCAL, AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT OCCURRED AT ROWAN COUNTY AIRPORT IN SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA. THE FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT OF THIS INSPECTOR'S ON SCENE INVESTIGATION. THIS OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE LINE SERVICE SUPERVISOR AT THE ROWAN COUNTY AIRPORT (RUQ) LOCATED IN SALISBURY, NC. HE INFORMED US THAT N494S, AT AT-6D, LOST POWER ON THE APPROACH TO RWY 20 AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT ROWAN COUNTRY AIRPORT. DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING CONTACTED PART OF THE APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM IN THE GRASS AREA PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED 350 FEET TO THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO STOPPING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY AND WAS TOWED TO A HANGAR. NO INJURIES REPORTED. DURING AN INTERVIEW, THE PIC STATED THAT AFTER ENTERING THE DOWN WIND LEG IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 20, HE REDUCED POWER TO 20 INCHES MANIFOLD PRESSURE. DURING THE TURN FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL, HE ADDED SOME POWER TO SLOW HIS DESCENT BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. THE PIC THEN STARTED TO MANUEVER TO AVOID APPROACH LIGHT IN AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY. PIC STATED THAT ONCE THE AIRSPEED GOT TOO LOW AND THE CONTROLS STARTED LOSING EFFECTIVENESS, HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO LAND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE WAS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE BRUSH AND APPROACH LIGHTS. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO BOTH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT WING FLAP AND THE PROP TIP. THE FIRST POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE (SKID) MARKINGS ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 20 IN THE GRASS WERE 350 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY AND 20 FEET LEFT OF CENTERLINE IN THE GRASS. THIS IS ALSO THE POINT WERE THE LEFT WING CONTACTED ROW-2 OF THE ILS LANDING SYSTEM. ROW-4 LIGHTS WERE ALSO CONTACTED 250 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE ENGINE TEARDOWN, THE 8020.23 WILL BE AMENDED TO SHOW THE RESULTS.

## Other reports on N494S (1)

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

- [Accident 20051015025789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051015025789A), Oct 15, 2005: Namer AT6D (N494S), Mocksville, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Inspector statement: I was notified on 10/15/2005 at approx. 1930 by the atlanta comm center of an accident that had occurred near Mocksville, NC. At the…

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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