- Date
- August 17, 1982, 20:15 local (Aug 18, 1982, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bellingham, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97TRNorth American AT-6C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820817047079A
- Case key
- 69922
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Analysis
While the student pilot was on a cross-country flight, he landed at Bellingham, WA with a 4 knot crosswind. During the landing sequence, the aircraft touched down hard and the pilot lost directional control. He reported that the left gear failed when the plane became sideways.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97TR
- Reported as
- North American AT-6C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8813587
- Airframe hours
- 2,865
- Engine
- P & W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Royal Eagle Squadron, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Neil S. Granley
- Departed
- YVR · Vancouver
- Destination
- BLU · Bellingham, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BLI · Bellingham International, runway 16, 5,000 × 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.