- Date
- May 3, 1988, 12:23 local (17:23 UTC)
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29935North American AT-6D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880503014559A
- Case key
- 14070
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on an aircraft familiarization for purpose of check out, the pilot encountered a gusty crosswind on landing and failed to maintain aircraft control. The instructor pilot took over the controls, but was unable to regain directional control, and the aircraft left the runway. The pilot added power, but the left wing struck a concrete culvert, swinging the aircraft around to the left. The aircraft skidded across the embankment, striking the propeller on the ground, shearing the right main gear off, and collapsing the left main gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29935
- Reported as
- North American AT-6D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49-3085
- Airframe hours
- 888
- Engine
- P&W 1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard L. Knisely
- Registered owner
- Radial Runners, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special); Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1987 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- Y29 · Glencoe, MN
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 24,500 total · 585 in this make and model · 24,000 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 150 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.