# Incident 20201011018659I: North American T-6G, Mesa, AZ, October 11, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2020, 13:40 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N821DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American T-6G (registry code 6400432, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-6g) (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 T-6G
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 35,447 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201011018659I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS AT (KAVQ) ON RUNWAY 30. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLYING IN THE FRONT SEAT STATED HIS HAND WAS CRAMPING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLYING IN THE REAR SEAT AS THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT THEN STATED , "I HAVE THE AIRCRAFT" AND CONTINUED THE APPROACH. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND THEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND HEADED BACK TO KFFZ WHERE THEY DEPARTED FROM. AFTER REACHING (KFFZ) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASKED THE TOWER FOR A GEAR DOWN CHECK. THE TOWER REPLIED RIGHT GEAR DOWN AND NO LEFT GEAR. AFTER INFLIGHT CHECK WERE COMPLETED AND THE TOWER RELY WITH THE SAME GEAR CONFIGURATION^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECLARER AN EMERGENCY AND CONDUCTED A GEAR UP LANDING. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE RIGHT GEAR CLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE. BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N821DS (2)

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

- [Incident 20230406005239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230406005239I), Apr 6, 2023: North American T-6G (N821DS), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Departed kafw to the northwest. Winds were 8 KTS at 010. Upon return winds were higher at 12KT gusting to 18 KTS from 040. Cleared for the option at 34 l I…
- [Incident 20220930022279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220930022279I), Sep 30, 2022: North American T-6G (N821DS), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. The WW2 vintage tailwheel equipped T6G aircraft was conducting pattern work practice at afw. The pilot had logged 35 hours of PIC tailwheel time, 25 hours of…

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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