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Yeager T-6 accident report online
The NTSB has posted a preliminary report on Chuck Yeager's October 2
T-6 mishap. http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?e...09X01689&key=1 "According to the pilot, he elected to land on runway 23 with a slight tail wind. He said the winds were light and variable with occasional gusts. The runway was a newly constructed concrete runway, which measured 5,000 feet by 50 feet. The south side of the runway drops off approximately 20 feet from the runway edge into a fifteen-foot deep ditch. The pilot stated that the airplane touched down about 500 feet down runway 23 on the centerline. As the tail lost lift and the tail wheel made contact with the runway, the airplane veered left off the centerline. At 1900 feet, the airplane crossed from the south side of the runway over the centerline to the north side of the runway. The airplane veered again to the left and departed the runway on the south side about 2,000 feet from the approach end. The airplane came to rest perpendicular to the runway 2,144 feet from the approach end." -- Paul Hirose |
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