# Incident 20160506005319I: North American AT-6D, St Charles, MO, May 6, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: St Charles County Smartt Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9297° N, 90.4300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST CHARLES COUNTY RGNL/SMARTT FLD (SET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9297&lon=-90.4300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7988C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7988C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American AT-6D (registry code 6400416, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-at-6d) (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 AT-6D
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160506005319I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE AND ONE OTHER PERSON WERE ON A LOCAL FLIGHT WHEN AT ABOUT 15 MILES FROM KSET HE HEARD A BANG AND SAW SMOKE AND OIL COMING FROM THE ENGINE. AFTER THE PILOT WENT THROUGH HIS CHECKLIST HE CALLED ST. LOUIS APPROACH AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT REDUCED THE POWER FROM 26 INCHES OF MANIFOLD POWER TO ABOUT 18 INCHES. HE HEADED BACK TO KSET. WHEN HE LANDED HE COULD NOT SEE BECAUSE OF THE OIL ON THE WINDSHIELD AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT OR THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT CONTACTED ST. LOUIS AGAIN TO LET THEM KNOW THEY WERE ON THE GROUND SAFELY.

A MECHANIC FOUND THE NUMBER 9 CYLINDER PART NUMBER 399359 WAS CRACKED AROUND THE EXHAUST VALVE PORT. THE CYLINDER WAS REPLACED.

SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT SUBMITTED BY FAA IIC.

## Other reports on N7988C (2)

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

- [Incident 19990414039329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990414039329I), Apr 14, 1999: Namer AT6D (N7988C), Lakeland, FL. Pilot states while in landing rod applied brakes and aircraft turned to left into ditch. Inspection of aircraft revealed bad left brake.
- [Incident 19890416029459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890416029459I), Apr 16, 1989: Namer AT6D (N7988C), Ocala, FL, Minor damage. Forgot to lower landing gear while practicing touch and go landing. Landed with gear retracted.

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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