T-6G TEXAN/49-3085

Serial #: 49-3085
Construction #: 168-189
Civil Registration:
N29935
Construction #: 168-189
Civil Registration:
N29935
Model(s):
AT-6D Texan
T-6G Texan
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
AT-6D Texan
T-6G Texan
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as AT-6D/4?-?????.
NTSB Identification: CHI88LA106 . The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 36104.
accident occurred Tuesday, May 03, 1988 at EDEN PRAIRIE, MN
Aircraft:NORTH AMERICAN AT-6D, registration: N29935
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
WHILE ON AN AIRCRAFT FAMILIARIZATION FOR PURPOSE OF CHECK OUT, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED
A GUSTY CROSSWIND ON LANDING AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL. THE INSTRUCTOR
PILOT TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND THE
AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ADDED POWER, BUT THE LEFT WING STRUCK A CONCRETE
CULVERT, SWINGING THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ACROSS THE
EMBANKMENT, STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE GROUND, SHEARING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR OFF,
AND COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
DIRECTIONAL CONTROL..NOT MAINTAINED..DUAL STUDENT
SUPERVISION..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND(CFI)
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as AT-6D/4?-?????.
- BOC: Unknown.
- SOC: Unknown.
- Converted to T-6G and issued serial number 49-3085 (CN: 168-189)
- BOC: Circa 1954.
- SOC: 1980.
- Coded as 421-45.
- Registered as N29935.
- Certificat of Airworthiness isssued August 4, 1982
- Damaged in landing accident, Eden Prarie, MN, May 03, 1988.
- Repaired, flown as United States Army Air Force/4286264.
Aircraft:NORTH AMERICAN AT-6D, registration: N29935
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
SUPERVISION..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND(CFI)


Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Editted by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Manfield, England, 1989.
NTSB, www.ntsb.gov
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Editted by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Manfield, England, 1989.
NTSB, www.ntsb.gov
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Photo Source(s):
Steve Tournay, 1999.
Research Assistance:
None
Steve Tournay, 1999.
Research Assistance:
None