# Incident 20240408003739I: North American T-6G, Titusville, FL, April 8, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2024, 11:19 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5148° N, 80.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPACE COAST RGNL (TIX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5148&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N101FT) (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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 53 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240408003739I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT (A/C) ENCOUNTERED WIND GUST ON THIRD LANDING, OVER RUNWAY (RWY) 09.  PILOT APPLIED RIGHT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER TO CORRECT.  WIND COMING FROM THE RIGHT, A/C LANDED ON THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL FIRST, PULLED POWER TO IDLE, WHILE INCREASING THE RIGHT AILERON INPUT FOR THE WIND.

WHEN TAILWHEEL CONTACTED THE RWY, A/C VEERED TO THE RIGHT, CORRECTED WITH LEFT RUDDER, AILERONS STILL POINTED INTO THE WIND.  A/C VEERED FURTHER TO THE RIGHT, PILOT UNABLE TO STOP IT.  RIGHT MAIN WHEEL WENT INTO THE GRASS AND A/C GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT.  DAMAGES WERE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND THE TRAILING EDGE TIP OF THE RIGHT AILERON.

PILOT TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, BACKFIRE ENSUED, DAMAGED THE FUSELAGE SIDE AREA CONTAINING THE CARBURETOR AIR SCOOP (AT 10 O'CLOCK POSITION FROM THE COCKPIT) AND THE AREA BEHIND THE EXHAUST OUTLET.

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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