| Crash location | 41.118334°N, 95.912500°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Omaha, NE
42.148049°N, 96.482810°W 77.0 miles away |
| Tail number | N37642 |
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| Accident date | 24 Aug 2003 |
| Aircraft type | North American AT-6 |
| Additional details: | None |
On August 24, 2003, about 1245 central daylight time, an experimental exhibition North American AT-6, N37642, piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain when its left main landing gear collapsed during a ground loop at Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), near Omaha, Nebraska. The air show flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The pilot was uninjured. The local flight originated from OFF at 1230 and was landing at the time of the accident.
The pilot reported:
I took off during the air show [at] 1230 and made 3
passes down the runway (12) [at] 400 [feet] and then
set up for the landing on the down wind leg of the
4th pass. ... I made a smooth 3-point landing at
approximately 1245, and on roll out the airplanes right
wing came up and the airplane made a turn to the right.
I was unable to correct before it slid onto the grass,
at that point the left main gear collapsed, causing the
wing and prop to hit the ground.
The pilot reported thet there were no mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident.
At 1255, the recorded OFF wind was 200 degrees at 8 knots.
The pilot not maintaining aircraft control during the landing roll. Factors were the grass the airplane encountered when the airplane ground looped off the runway and the main gear collapsed.