20160619006919A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · North American AT-6D · Henley, MO · June 19, 2016

Date
June 19, 2016 · 14:00 local
Place
Henley, MO
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N150U
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN16LA222
Reported as
North American AT-6D
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,200 total15 in this make and model92 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Witnesses observed pilot doing aerobatics and flying inverted at a very low altitude. While inverted, the aircraft engine lost power and the aircraft crashed into a wooded area where it broke apart.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESSES OBSERVED PILOT DOING AEROBATICS AND FLYING INVERTED AT A VERY LOW ALTITUDE. WHILE INVERTED, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA WHERE IT BROKE APART.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.