# NTSB FTW84LA390: Fairchild M-62A (PT-19), N46395, Melville, LA, September 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 12, 1984, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Melville, LA
- Coordinates: 30.690347, -91.740776 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6903&lon=-91.7408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21463
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA390
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21463/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA390

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, go-around (vfr)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN LONG AND BOUNCED. HE APPLIED POWER TO GO-AROUND AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL COLLIDING WITH A FENCE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE WIND WAS CLAM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N46395 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD M-62A (PT-19) (M-62A (PT-)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T42-1811
- Airframe hours: 3374
- Engines: RANGER L440-1 175 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Edward Wiltz
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 27, 1983, 62 hours before
- Airport: 4LA8, Hanks, runway 30, 2,300 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 45 total, 22 in this make and model, 12 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

## 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 19840912048099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840912048099A), Sep 12, 1984: Frchld M62A, Melville, LA, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing applied power for go around and lost directional control. Struck fence off side of runway.

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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