# Incident 20120320005189I: North American T-6G, Bessemer, AL, March 20, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2012, 09:15 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N791MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N791MH) (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: NORTH AMERICAN T-6G
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 3,300 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/20120320005189I

## Narrative

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

AN AIRCRAFT WAS PREPARING FOR A TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 23, AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRFIELD. PILOT STATED THE TAXIWAY WAS CLEAR WHEN HE LEFT HIS HANGAR AND TURNED ONTO TAXIWAY TO RUNWAY 23.  THERE WAS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT NEAR THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY.  A VEHICLE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE MISTAKENLY ENTERED ONTO THE TAXIWAY AND THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE TO STOP HIS AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE, WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N791MH (1)

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

- [Accident 20230329009769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230329009769A), Mar 29, 2023: North American T-6G (N791MH), Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot was landing and on touchdown, pilot lost directional control due to steering cable broke and aircraft ground-looped.

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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