# Incident 20061008020489I: Namer T6G, Midland, TX, October 8, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2006, 13:40 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9871C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9871C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American T-6G (registry code 6400432, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-6g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER T6G
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,000 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/20061008020489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 8, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1340 CDT, N9871C, A MODEL T-6 TEXAN, WAS PARKED AND IDLING ON THE NORTH RAMP OF THE AVION FBO AT MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KMAF), MIDLAND, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD AND THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE ROTATING PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUDDER AND RIGHT ELEVATOR OF AN SNJ-6 PARKED IN FRONT. THE T-6 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N9871C (2)

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

- [Accident 19900811033129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900811033129A), Aug 11, 1990: Namer T6G (N9871C), Locust Grove, GA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Pulled up steeply after takeoff. Stalled impacted trees and burned.
- [Accident 19880402053409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880402053409A), Apr 2, 1988: Namer T6G (N9871C), Stockbridge, GA, Substantial damage. Nosed over on landing. Brake cylinder leaked fluid on brake lining causing a lock up.

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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