# Incident 20230406005239I: North American T-6G, Ft Worth, TX, April 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2023, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,445 total, 39 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230406005239I

## Narrative

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

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 MADE TWO TOUCH AND GOES. TOWER ASKED ME TO FULL STOP AND WARNED WAKE TURBULENCE FROM DEPARTING HEAVY. WIND GUSTS OR POSSIBLE WAKE TURBULENCE CAUSED A NEED TO GO AROUND AND CAUSED LEFT WING TIP TO SCRAPE. LANDED SAFELY

## Other reports on N821DS (2)

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

- [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…
- [Incident 20201011018659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201011018659I), Oct 11, 2020: North American T-6G (N821DS), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. 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…

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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