# Incident 20260406004559I: North American AT-6D, Manassas, VA, April 6, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2026, 11:10 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Regional/Harry P. Davis F
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N796WM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N796WM) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260406004559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING STEEP ANGLE OF ATTACK APPROACHES FOR AIRSHOW PRESENTATIONS AND FLIES SPECIFIC PATTERNS AT THE AIRPORT FROM DEPARTURE TO LANDING.  THE PILOT HAD ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED 3 T-OFFS/LANDINGS AND ON HIS 4TH T/OFF, SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE AND TRANSITIONING FROM BASE TO DOWNWIND, ATC REQUESTED THAT HE EXTEND HIS DOWNWIND LEG FOR A C-172 THAT WAS ON A 2 MILE FINAL.  PILOT IMMEDIATELY SLOWED THE AIRPLANE DOWN, THEN DECIDED TO ADD FLAPS TO FLY MORE SLOWLY (WITH HIS AIRCRAFT HIS FLAPS ARE THE LAST TO BE PLACED DOWN, AS NORMALLY HIS LANDING GEAR ARE LOWERED FIRST.).  THEN HE BEGAN LOOKING FOR THE OTHER AIRCRAFT TO FOLLOW WHICH WAS OBSERVED ON FOREFLIGHT BUT COULDN'T SEE THE ACTUAL AIRCRAFT. SHORTLY AFTER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS VISIBLE AND THE PILOT RECALLS THINKING...THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FURTHER THAN TWO MILES FROM THE RUNWAY.  HE BEGAN LOOKING FOR OTHER TRAFFIC AND WAS DISTRACTED FROM FINISHING HIS CHECKLIST.  THE PILOT PLANNED TO LAND WITH ALL THREE WHEELS AT THE SAME TIME AND REALIZED TOO LATE THAT THE GEAR HAD NOT BEEN LOWERED.

## Other reports on N796WM (2)

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

- [Incident 20170610013249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170610013249I), Jun 10, 2017: North American AT-6D (N796WM), Ashland, VA, Minor damage. The pilot planned a flight that would be about 2.5 hours enroute. He had a planned and thought he had about 3 hours or more worth of fuel. He planned the…
- [Incident 20060903029409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060903029409I), Sep 3, 2006: Namer AT6D (N796WM), Dekalb, IL, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] made a normal approach and landing on runway 21 at Dekalb, Illinois on September 3, 2006, at 1200 CDT. The landing was…

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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