# Incident 20170720018399I: North American AT-6D, Dubuque, IA, July 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2017, 17:40 local time
- Place: Dubuque, IA
- Airport: Dubuque Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4020° N, 90.7095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUBUQUE RGNL (DBQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4020&lon=-90.7095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N515SA) (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
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 251 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170720018399I

## Narrative

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

THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017, PILOT WAS PIC OF HIS 1943 NORTH AMERICAN AT-6D, AND #2 OF 4 AIRCRAFT PARTICIPATING IN A FORMATION FLIGHT AROUND DUBUQUE, REGIONAL AIRPORT (DBQ).

PILOT REPORTED THAT ON APPROACH TO LANDING, HE OBSERVED THE #1 AIRCRAFT EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR, AND REMARKED TO HIS PASSENGER THAT HE PLANNED TO EXTEND HIS GEAR AT THE SAME LOCATION AS THE #1 AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS HAND WAS ON THE GEAR LEVER AND WAS WAITING TO FALL INTO POSITION, WHEN THE #1 PLANE INCREASED HIS BANK AND TURNED "SHARPER." AS THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO FOLLOW THE #1 AIRCRAFT AND MAINTAIN HIS POSITION THROUGHOUT THE DESCENT AND ROUND OUT TO LAND HE NEGLECTED TO EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE APPROACHED THE TOUCHDOWN POINT, HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE, HEARD THE GEAR WARNING HORN AND LET THE AIRCRAFT SETTLE, FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF THE PROP STRIKING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO APPLY POWER FOR A GO-AROUND.

## Other reports on N515SA (1)

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

- [Accident 20220502006159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220502006159A), May 2, 2022: North American AT-6D (N515SA), Huntington, IN, Substantial damage. On may 02, 2022, at 1450 EST, N5151SA, a North American T-6, landed at the Huntington (khhg) airport on a day cross country flight in visual meteorological…

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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