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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · North American AT-6D · Ocala, FL · May 3, 2024

Date
May 3, 2024 · 18:40 local
Place
Ocala, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8540P
Reported as
North American AT-6D
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,300 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.

Pilot originally planned on landing at his home airport but was unable to obtain landing gear extension lights so elected to land at Ocala where there is emergency response if needed. Aircraft's r/h MLG would not indicate down and lock while the l/h MLG did. Aircraft landed safely with prop-strike and lower antenna getting damaged on lower fuselage from impact.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ORIGINALLY PLANNED ON LANDING AT HIS HOME AIRPORT BUT WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENSION LIGHTS SO ELECTED TO LAND AT OCALA WHERE THERE IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE IF NEEDED. AIRCRAFT'S R/H MLG WOULD NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCK WHILE THE L/H MLG DID. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH PROP-STRIKE AND LOWER ANTENNA GETTING DAMAGED ON LOWER FUSELAGE FROM IMPACT.