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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · North American T-6G · Reno, NV · June 9, 2023

Date
June 9, 2023 · 15:30 local
Place
Reno, NV
Airport
Reno/Stead
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N49388
Reported as
North American T-6G
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
10,200 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During landing rollout, aircraft ground looped. Damaged right strut. Right wingtip contacted ground and caused wrinkling of right wingtip and outer portion of right wing.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. DAMAGED RIGHT STRUT. RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTED GROUND AND CAUSED WRINKLING OF RIGHT WINGTIP AND OUTER PORTION OF RIGHT WING.