# NTSB CEN22LA193: North American AT-6D, N515SA, Huntington, IN, May 2, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 2, 2022, 15:18 local (19:18 UTC) - Place: Huntington, IN - Coordinates: 40.852917, -85.457056 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8529&lon=-85.4571&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - Indianapolis FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 105059 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA193 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105059/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105059 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA193 ## Probable cause Loss of directional control during landing that resulted in an impact with terrain. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [North American AT-6D, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=6400416), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [North American AT-6D, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=6400416), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [North American AT-6D, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=6400416), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The private pilot of the personal flight reported that while landing the tailwheel equipped airplane, a gust of wind was encountered at touchdown resulting in the right wing contacting the ground. He applied engine power to regain control of the airplane but applied too much power, and the airplane swerved to the left. During the swerve, the right main landing gear strut broke, the propeller struck the ground, and the airplane partially exited the side of the runway. The right wing impacted the ground. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane. The airplane received substantial damage to the right wing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N515SA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N515SA), registered now, S/N 8814953, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN AT-6D - Registry model: [North American AT-6D](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-at-6d) (registry code 6400416) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 8814953 - Year built: 1943 - Airframe hours: 6160 - Engines: Pratt & Whitney R-1340 600 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 21, 2021 - Departed: DVK, Davison, KY - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: HHG, Huntington Municipal Airport, runway 28, 5,003 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 22, 2020; seat: front; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,740 total, 362 in this make and model, 1,462 as pilot in command, 65 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,300 ft broken - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.05 inHg - Observed at: KFWA, 13 nm away - METAR: METAR KFWA 021954Z VRB03KT 10SM BKN033 BKN250 14/08 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP177 T01440078= ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20220502006159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220502006159A), May 2, 2022: North American AT-6D, Huntington, IN, Substantial damage. On may 02, 2022, at 1450 EST, N5151SA, a North American T-6, landed at the Huntington (khhg) airport on a day cross country flight in visual meteorological… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 24, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105059. 4.3 MB in all. - Accident photographs (item 1, PDF, 3 pages, 2.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13865366&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Docket%20Photo%20array%20template-Rel.pdf - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 2, PDF, 9 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13865848&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Scanned%20from%20a%20Xerox%20Multifunction%20Printer_Redacted-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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