ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40438
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Date: | Sunday 21 May 1995 |
Time: | 09:01 LT |
Type: | North American T-6G |
Owner/operator: | Ray Kinney & Gordon Stevenson |
Registration: | N2449 |
MSN: | 49-3232 |
Total airframe hrs: | 14369 hours |
Engine model: | P&W R-1340 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Beaumont, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | (KBPT) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE FLIGHT OF SEVEN T-6 AIRCRAFT FORMED IN A RIGHT ECHELON FOR A 360 DEGREE OVERHEAD APPROACH FOR LANDING. THE LEAD AIRCRAFT, N2449, AT APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET AGL, OVERFLEW A PORTION OF RUNWAY 16 AND THEN BROKE FOR HIS 360 DEGREE OVERHEAD APPROACH FOR LANDING. THE AIRPLANE MADE THE 'SHARP' LEFT BREAK TO APPROXIMATELY '80 TO 90 DEGREES OF BANK.' THE BANK DECREASED AND THE GEAR AND FLAPS WERE EXTENDED. DURING THE BASE TO FINAL TURN, THE AIRPLANE OVERSHOT FINAL TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE THEN BANKED BACK TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE, THE BANK INCREASED TO '60 T0 65 DEGREES' AND THE 'LEFT WING DROPPED AIRCRAFT NOSE PITCHED DOWN' AS THE AIRPLANE MADE A 'LESS THAN 1/4 ROLL TO THE LEFT JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT.' THE CALCULATED CG WAS 34.7 INCHES WITH THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT CG RANGE PER WEIGHT AND BALANCE DATA AS 27.5 INCHES TO 32.5 INCHES.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE IMPROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT AND AN AFT CENTER OF GRAVITY.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW95FA206 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW95FA206
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
06-Jul-2018 13:51 |
A.J. Scholten |
Updated [Cn, Source] |
09-Apr-2024 15:04 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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