# Accident 20161022023262A: Fairchild M-62A-3, Valley Center, KS, October 22, 2016 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 22, 2016, 12:00 local time - Place: Valley Center, KS - Airport: High Point - Damage: Substantial damage - Collision: Collision on the ground - Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 37.8422° N, 97.3514° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8422&lon=-97.3514&mi=10 - Aircraft: N73529, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73529) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Fairchild M-62A-3 (registry code 3371618, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62a-3) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD M-62A-3 - Reported engine: FAIRCHILD 6-440 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 2,593 total, 195 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA053) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161022023262A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON OCTOBER 22, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, THE AIRMAN, AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF A FAIRCHILD PT-26, WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT UPON LANDING AT THE HIGH POINT AIRPORT (3KS5), VALLEY CENTER, KANSAS; THE PT-26 IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE AIRMAN. PURSUANT TO THE AIRMAN?S VERBAL STATEMENT, THE PT-17 AND THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 SERIES AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE WESTPORT AIRPORT (71K), WICHITA, KANSAS, FOR A SHORT FORMATION FLIGHT TO 3KS5. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT 3KS5, WITH SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS AT SIX KNOTS; AIRCRAFT WERE UTILIZING THE NORTH/SOUTH ORIENTED GRASS/TURF RUNWAY. UPON ARRIVAL AT 3KS5, THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 SERIES AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE SOUTHERLY ORIENTED RUNWAY FIRST AND EXITED TO THE WEST SIDE FOR PARKING; THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND EXITED ABOUT 2/3RDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 PARKED ON THE WEST SIDE, FACING EAST, WITH THE AIRCRAFT?S LONGITUDINAL AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LANDING RUNWAY. AS THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 WAS TAXIING INTO THE PARKING AREA, THE BOEING PT-17 STEARMAN WAS LANDING ON THE SOUTHERLY RUNWAY. PURSUANT TO BOTH AIRMEN?S STATEMENTS, THE BOEING PT-17 LANDED APPROXIMATELY ½-WAY DOWN THE GRASS/TURF RUNWAY AT AN AIRSPEED MUCH FASTER THAN NORMAL. THE AIRMAN AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE BOEING PT-17 ALSO STATED THAT DUE TO THE LIMITED FORWARD VISIBILITY, THE AIRMAN BELIEVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLIGHT RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. DURING THE TOUCHDOWN PHASE, THE BOEING PT-17 TOUCHED-DOWN FIRMLY AND DRIFTED RIGHT OF CENTERLINE, CAUSING THE LOWER RIGHT WING TO IMPACT THE NOSE OF THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 WHICH WAS PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY; THE FAIRCHILD PT-26?S ENGINE/PROPELLER WERE OPERATING AT AN IDLE POWER SETTING. THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FIREWALL AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT; THE AIRCRAFT?S PROPELLER AND ENGINE/COWL MOUNTS WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE BOEING PT-17, UPON IMPACTING THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED A TREE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER RIGHT AND LEFT WING SECTIONS; THE TAILWHEEL BRACKET AND STRUCTURE WAS ALSO DAMAGED. NEITHER THE AIRMAN AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE FAIRCHILD PT-26, NOR THE AIRMAN AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE BOEING PT-17, INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL PASSENGER ON-BOARD, SUSTAINED INJURY. A POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION OF BOTH AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY AIRCRAFT ANOMALIES THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT. ## Other aircraft in the event - N68117, Boeing A75N1(PT17): [Accident 20161022021952A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161022021952A) ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB GAA17CA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA053), Oct 22, 2016: Fairchild M62A (N73529), Valley Center, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll and to see and avoid the airplane stopped on the edge of the runway. ## Other reports on N73529 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20220501008569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220501008569I), May 1, 2022: Fairchild M-62A-3 (N73529), Altha, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was conducting practice take off and landings at F95 (Calhoun County Airport FL) durng the 7th landing of the day, the aircraft pulled to right on touch… 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. 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