- Date
- March 28, 1990, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Junction, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N426DBNorth American AT-6G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900328009969A
- Case key
- 17909
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to correct a swerve during landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The commercial pilot made a landing on runway 11, with winds he estimated were 210 degrees at 19 gusting to 29 knots. He said that during landing roll, the plane swerved to the right and departed the runway. He added power to attempt to regain directional control, to no avail. The left main gear leg snapped and the plane ground looped to the left and came to rest nose down. The right wing, cowling, and both main landing gear were damaged. The air traffic control tower verified that the wind was gusting to 30 knots at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N426DB
- Reported as
- North American AT-6G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49-3292
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dorr H. Burns
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- CNY · Moab, UT
- Destination
- GJT
- Airport
- GJT · Walker Field, runway 11, 10,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 400 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 19 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.