- Date
- August 4, 1985, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45CTNorth American T-6G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850804036089A
- Case key
- 24791
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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 tailwheel equipped acft nosed over after the plt lost iirecitional control during lndg. There were no reports of mechanical difficulties or weather facotrs to be considered in the area of cause. The plts flt experience is unknown since repeated attempts to have him file an acc report have been unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45CT
- Reported as
- North American T-6G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49-3430
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John R. Morello
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Airport
- TUS · Tucson Intl, runway 11, 9,129 × 75 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.