# Incident 20170401006269I: North American AT-6D, Punta Gorda, FL, April 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2017, 15:08 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29965, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29965) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,235 total, 535 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170401006269I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 1, 2017, AT 15:08 EDT, A NORTH AMERICAN AT6D, REGISTRATION N29965, HAD A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, MAKING AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE; THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD WERE UNINJURED.

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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