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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Namer AT-6D · Destin, FL · March 28, 2009

Date
March 28, 2009 · 18:30 local
Place
Destin, FL
Airport
Destin-Fort Walton Beach
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N554Q
Reported as
Namer AT6D
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,500 total380 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot in command failed to maintain control of the aircraft in gusty crosswind conditions. Wind gust lifted right wind during landing rollout causing uncommanded swerve to the right. Aircraft departed the runway into adjacent grass area. Left main mount contacted slab of scrap concrete,imposing excessive side load to, and failure of left man oleo strut.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS. WIND GUST LIFTED RIGHT WIND DURING LANDING ROLLOUT CAUSING UNCOMMANDED SWERVE TO THE RIGHT. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO ADJACENT GRASS AREA. LEFT MAIN MOUNT CONTACTED SLAB OF SCRAP CONCRETE,IMPOSING EXCESSIVE SIDE LOAD TO, AND FAILURE OF LEFT MAN OLEO STRUT.