- Date
- September 19, 1982, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N29944North American AT-6D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820919048129A
- Case key
- 71100
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft began to drift left during takeoff. The pilot decided to lift off and correct the drift in the air. He corrected with right bank and the wing dragged on the ground the aircraft cartwheeled in the grass adjacent to the runway and came to rest right side up at midfield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29944
- Reported as
- North American AT-6D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 84825
- Airframe hours
- 7,625
- Engine
- P & W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David E. Henry
- Registered owner
- David E. Henry
- Departed
- T86 · Houston, TX
- Destination
- Conroe, TX
- Airport
- T86 · Lakeside, runway 15, 4,000 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 28 in this make and model · 55 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.