- Date
- July 26, 1987, 15:52 local (20:52 UTC)
- Place
- Clanton, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5557VNorth American AT-6G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870726038359A
- Case key
- 7494
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane engine loss pwr shortly after takeoff, and the plt turned back toward the arpt. The airplane crashed approx 1200 ft short of the rwy in a clearing. The plt reported that he had departed the arpt with the fuel selector in the 'off' position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5557V
- Reported as
- North American AT-6G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 493153
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 550 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pat Poole
- Registered owner
- Pat Poole
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1987 · 2 hours before
- Destination
- Unknown
- Airport
- 02A · Gragg Wade Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 430 total · 30 in this make and model · 370 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.