# Incident 20250601008059I: North American AT-6D, Brandy Station, VA, June 1, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2025, 09:00 local time
- Place: Brandy Station, VA
- Airport: Culpeper Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5255° N, 77.8596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CULPEPER RGNL (CJR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5255&lon=-77.8596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10602, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American AT-6D (registry code 6400416, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-at-6d) (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 AT-6D
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,985 total, 455 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250601008059I

## Narrative

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

INSPECTED AIRCRAFT. FOUND LEFT WING CENTER AILERON BRACKET BENT OVER AND BROKE SKIN OF THE WING. DETERMINED THIS EVENT TO BE AN ACCIDENT AWAITING NTSB CALL BACK. INSPECTED LOGBOOKS, AIRCRAFT WAS CURRENT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. OTHER DAMAGE, LEFT STRUT HOUSING, LEFT AILERON, LEFT WINGTIP, AND LEFT WHEEL ASSEMBLY. AWAITING OPS DETERMINATION.

PILOT STATEMENT:

GOOD MORNING NORMAN, REGARDING INCIDENT INVOLVING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT AT6 TEXAN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TIME 10:00 ZULU. RUNWAY 22 AT CJR AIRPORT WINDS 290 @ 7. VIS 10 MILES. TAXIED TO RUN UP BLOCK FOR RUNWAY 22, UNLOCKED TAILWHEEL TO SWING TAIL AROUND FOR RUN UP. WAS RECEIVING CONTINUOS PROCEDURAL INSTRUCTION FROM REAR SEAT AS I TAXIED TO RUNWAY REGARDING TAKE OFF AS IT IS DIFFERENT FROM NORMAL NON-FORMATION TAKE OFF AS AIRCRAFT HAS TO MAKE SHARP TURN ONTO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER DEPENDING ON WIND DIRECTION. NORMAL PROCEDURE IS TO LOCK TAILWHEEL AS I LEAVE RUNWAY UP BLOCK,  IN THIS CASE I DID NOT BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE UNLOCKED UNTIL I HAD MANEUVERED INTO POSITION. BACK SEATER WAS GIVING BE A BARRAGE OF INSTRUCTIONS FROM REAR SEAT AND I WAS DISTRACTED TO THE POINT I TOOK OFF WITHOUT TAILWHEEL LOCKED.  EXECUTED FORMATION EVALUATION FLIGHT WITHOUT ANY ISSUES, LANDED MID FIELD AND STAYED ON MAINS AS INSTRUCTED, ROLLED TO 1000’ MARKER AT END OF RUNWAY. TAIL SETTLED WITH 45 DEGREES OF FLAPS @ AROUND 20 KNOTS, AS SOON AS UNLOCKED TAILWHEEL CONTACTED RUNWAY PLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT. WITH FULL FLAPS, RUDDER WAS BLANKED AND THERE WAS NO STEERING WITH UNLOCKED TAILWHEEL SO PLANE DEPARTED RUNWAY INTO GRASS AND SPUN AROUND 180 DEGREES. LEFT WING CONTACTED RUNWAY PRIOR TO ENTERING GRASSY AREA. SUCCESSFULLY LANDING A TEXAN IN A CROSS WIND WITHOUT TAILWHEEL LOCKED IS ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IF IT UNEXPECTED.

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WE WERE DOING FORMATION TRAINING AND HEADED OUT FOR EVALUATION CHECK RIDE.

SENT FROM MY IPHONE

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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