# NTSB CHI83FA069: North American T-6G, N3168G, Genoa City, WI, January 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 2, 1983, 14:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Genoa City, WI
- Coordinates: 42.50035, -88.319183 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5003&lon=-88.3192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11969
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83FA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11969/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA069

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## Analysis

PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE ACFT FLEW OVER THE ARPT AT TREE-TOP LEVEL WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE ACFT THEN LANDED. AFTER SPENDING ABOUT 15 MIN ON THE GROUND THE PLTS TOOK OFF TO THE WEST. THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF & THE ACFT REMAINED BETWEEN TREE-TOP LEVEL & 500 FT AGL EXECUTING STEEP BANKS. A WITNESS DESCRIBED THE SECOND STEEP BANK AS THOUGH THE PLT WAS EXECUTING A BARREL ROLL. THE ACFT NEVER RECOVERED FROM THE BANK & DESCENDED RAPIDLY TO THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3168G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3168G-2025-06-27), registration cancelled 2025-06-27, S/N 49-3259, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN T-6G
- Registry model: [North American T-6G](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-6g) (registry code 6400432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 493258
- Engines: P&W R-1340-AN-1 reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David Fain
- Last inspection: Annual, March 22, 1982
- Destination: PWK, PALWAUKEE, IL
- Airport: 64C, Vincent, runway 27, 2,100 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 15,415 total, 20 in this make and model, 8,448 as pilot in command, 284 in the last 90 days, 73 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 28 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKE, 35 nm away

## 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 19830102000089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830102000089A), Jan 2, 1983: Namer T6G, Genoa City, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Indicates accelerated stall in a vertical bank shortly after takeoff. Had buzzed the runway on prior flight.

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. Compare the reported make and model.

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