- Date
- June 9, 2023, 12:03 local (18:03 UTC)
- Place
- Colorado Springs, CO · Runway 17R
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16JVNorth American T-6G
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20230609007469A
- Case key
- 192344
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During landing, the tailwheel equipped airplane drifted left of the runway centerline. The pilot applied right rudder and began transitioning the tail down when the airplane began a ground loop to the right. The airplane exited the runway, which resulted in separation of the left main landing gear and substantial damage to the left wing and aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot noted that there were thunderstorms in the vicinity of the airport at the time of the accident. He added that a better understanding of wind shear may have assisted in preventing the loss of control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16JV
- Reported as
- North American T-6G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49-3155
- Built
- 1949
- Airframe hours
- 9,157
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Greatest Generation Naval Museum, doing business as N/A
- Registered owner
- Greatest Generation Naval Museum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 2022
- Departed
- COS · Colorado Springs, CO
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- COS · City Of Colorado Springs Muni, runway 17R, 11,022 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, Onboard weather, ADS-B
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
- 48
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 12, 2022
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 346 total · 41 in this make and model · 158 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Turbulence
- Moderate
- Observed at
- KCOS, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KCOS 091842Z VRB05KT 10SM VCTS SCT100CB BKN200 BKN250 24/06 A3010 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N OCNL LTGICCG VC W TS VC W MOV NE T02390061
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 31, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.