# Accident 20140516009569A: Chance Vought F4U-4, Atlanta, GA, May 16, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2014, 18:18 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N713JT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chance Vought F4U-4 (registry code 2152608, https://openairdocs.org/model/chance-vought-f4u-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHANCE VOUGHT F4U-4
- Reported engine: P & W R-2800 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,501 total, 486 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140516009569A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE THE APPROACH TO PDK RUNWAY 21L.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN PILOT ENCOUNTERED CROSSWIND WHICH CAUSED PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY ONTO RIDE SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO GRASS.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT.  AS PILOT WAS TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, DEEP MUD WAS ENCOUNTERED.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP NOSE FIRST.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED ON PROP AND VERTICAL FIN.  PILOT EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED.

PILOT RECEIVED A CHECK RIDE AFTER THE ACCIDENT ON 5/29/2014

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N713JT (3)

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

- [Accident 20021110032289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021110032289A), Nov 10, 2002: Vought F4U4 (N713JT), Columbia, SC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Eyewitness reports indicate aircraft was emitting a light brown smoke from engine cowling during a formation flight over Columbia downtown airport (cub)…
- [Incident 19930417026399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930417026399I), Apr 17, 1993: Vought F4U4 (N713JT), Allendale, SC, Minor damage. Engine lost power after liftoff. Landed on same runway. Departed end of runway into mud. Main gear sheared off.
- [Incident 19920806033429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920806033429I), Aug 6, 1992: Vought F4U4 (N713JT), Latrobe, PA, Minor damage. Pilot taxiing behind follow me cart at airshow. Driver stopped cart. Corsair propeller struck cart.

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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