- Date
- September 2, 1991, 14:28 local (21:28 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3660VNorth American AT-6D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910902037349A
- Case key
- 27351
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft while correcting an unwanted deviation.
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 pilot said the wheel landing was smooth. During the roll out, the right landing gear strut lowered, which dropped the right wing, and the aircraft began a turn to the right. The pilot said he applied left aileron and rudder, and, power to correct the turn. The left wing then contacted the ground, the aircraft ground looped, and the landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3660V
- Reported as
- North American AT-6D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 42-44722
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard D. Tabery
- Registered owner
- Richard D. Tabery
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1990 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- N35 · Half Moon Bay, CA
- Airport
- HWD · Hayward, runway 28, 5,024 × 150 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,620 total · 32 in this make and model · 1,398 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HWD, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.