- Date
- October 19, 1985, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jennings, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N104DCNorth American AT6G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851019052649A
- Case key
- 21951
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft contacted a ditch and nosed down during an overrun landing. The acft was in a flt of 3 AT6'S landing at the arpt for a fly-in. N104DC touched down on the 2000 ft freshly mowed grass strip aprx 500 to 600 ft from the end. The plt stated the application of brakes was ineffective. The acft traveled off the end of rwy 17 and crossed the end of rwy 13 (paved) before contacting the ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N104DC
- Reported as
- North American AT6G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 493392
- Airframe hours
- 7,530
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William M. Simmons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1985 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- ARA · New Iberia, LA
- Destination
- 3R7 · Jennings, LA
- Airport
- 3R7 · Jennings, runway 17, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,160 total · 23 in this make and model · 3,010 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.