- Date
- January 23, 1993, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N101NZNorth American AT-6D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930123002459A
- Case key
- 18636
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for the crosswind. A factor was the crosswind.
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
During a crosswind landing the right wing suddenly rose up. The pilot reported that he was indicating 50 knots on roll out and he feared he was going to run off the runway and hit some trees. He reduced power and the airplane spun right 90 degrees and the left main landing gear collapsed. He reported winds from 140 to 220 degrees at 10 knots, gusting to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101NZ
- Reported as
- North American AT-6D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 41-34050
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Morgan, Gerald W.
- Registered owner
- Morgan, Gerald W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 13, 1992
- Departed
- 50F
- Destination
- 50F
- Airport
- 50F · Bourland Field, runway 17, 4,150 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Military, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 14,650 total · 15 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °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.