- Date
- October 8, 1988, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Jefferson, NC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7704CNorth American T-6G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881008046089A
- Case key
- 7937
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Analysis
During a landing attempt, the pilot lost directional control and veered off the right side of runway 27. The pilot reported applying opposite braking with negative results. The airplane examination failed to disclose any system problem.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7704C
- Reported as
- North American T-6G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 168383
- Airframe hours
- 5,100
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 700 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John R. Cansler
- Registered owner
- John Cansler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1988 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- Mocksville, NC
- Airport
- NC67 · Ash County, runway 27, 4,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 150 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 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.