# Incident 20140719011739I: North American AT-6, Anchorage, AK, July 19, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2014, 18:38 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 3WFJ
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39313, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39313) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American AT-6 (registry code 6400402, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-at-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN AT-6
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 154 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140719011739I

## Narrative

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

EXCERPT FROM PILOT?S STATEMENT:

?A FEW SECONDS INTO THE OTHERWISE NORMAL LANDING ROLL, TWO SWERVES ? ONE RIGHT AND ONE LEFT ? OCCURRED.  THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SECOND ONE WAS GREATER THAN THE FIRST.  I RESPONDED TO EACH SWERVE WITH CORRESPONDING RUDDER INPUTS TO KEEP THE CENTERLINE BETWEEN THE MAIN WHEELS, BUT OVERCORRECTED.  A THIRD SWERVE, AGAIN TO THE RIGHT, BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE, AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF FROM THE CENTERLINE AT ABOUT A 20 DEGREE ANGLE.  THIS ALL HAPPENED WITHIN AN ESTIMATED 3 SECONDS.  THE TAIL-WHEEL WAS STILL IN THE AIR.

WE QUICKLY APPROACHED SEVERAL OBSTACLES NEAR THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, INCLUDING A PARKED TRUCK, THE AIRPORT FENCE, AND A BRICK BUILDING.  I INSTINCTIVELY APPLIED FULL BRAKES.  ONCE OFF THE PAVEMENT, THE MAIN WHEELS DUG INTO THE SOFT DIRT, AND THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED FORWARD UNTIL THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SURFACE.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP ABOUT TEN FEET SHORT OF THE TRUCK, RESTING ON BOTH MAIN WHEELS AND THE ENGINE COWLING.?

## Other reports on N39313 (1)

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

- [Accident 20080930847919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080930847919A), Sep 30, 2008: Namer AT6D (N39313), Arlington, WA, Substantial damage. On September 30, 2008 at approximately 1700 PDT, the north American AT-6 (N3913) piloted by [privacy data omitted] (back seat) and [privacy data omitted]…

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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