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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · North American T-6G · Bayou La Batre, AL · May 6, 2012

Date: May 6, 2012 · 13:45 local
Place: Bayou La Batre, AL
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1284
Reported as: North American T-6G
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,200 total500 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N1284Registered now · North American T-6GS/N 12463 · Built 1950 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.

On may 6, 2012, privacy data omitted was flying his texan AT-6 (N1284) from his home base in magnolia springs, Alabama to roy e. ray airport (5R7) in Bayou La Batre, Alabama for a friends flyin. The flight was uneventful until the landing. Upon landing the pilot privacy data omitted touched down long and a little fast and decided to keep the aircraft on the ground due to oak trees at the end of the runway. privacy data omitted Applied the brakes and was almost at a complete stop when the aircraft entered a drainage ditch at the end of the runway. The aircraft then tipped up on its nose causing a prop strike to the engine and a small dent to the bottom of the cowling. There were no reported injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 6, 2012, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING HIS TEXAN AT-6 (N1284) FROM HIS HOME BASE IN MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, ALABAMA TO ROY E. RAY AIRPORT (5R7) IN BAYOU LA BATRE, ALABAMA FOR A FRIENDS FLYIN. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THE LANDING. UPON LANDING THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOUCHED DOWN LONG AND A LITTLE FAST AND DECIDED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND DUE TO OAK TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLIED THE BRAKES AND WAS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STOP WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A DRAINAGE DITCH AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE CAUSING A PROP STRIKE TO THE ENGINE AND A SMALL DENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE COWLING. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.