Plane Crash List

North American AT-6D N29947

5 January 1983 · Granville, Pennsylvania, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 5 January 1983 at about 18:34 local time, a North American AT-6D registered N29947 was involved in an accident near Granville, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:34
Classification
Accident
Location
Granville, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates
40.5590, -77.6206
Aircraft
North American AT-6D
Registration
N29947
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Elkhart → State College
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC83LA048

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 1 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AIRCRAFT ON CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD AND COLLIDED WITH A FEW SCATTERED APPLE TREES. IRONICALLY THERE WAS AN AIRPORT ADJACENT TO THE LANDING SITE. THE PILOT HAD ENCOUNTERED CLOUD COVER AT HIS DESTINATION AND DIVERTED TO PHILIPSBURG. HE WAS ADVISED BY RADIO THAT PHILIPSBURG HAD NO FUEL SO HE DECIDED TO GO TO UNIVERSITY PARK. AFTER DESCENDING THROUGH SCATTERED CLOUDS INTO THE WRONG VALLEY AND NOT SEEING THE AIRPORT THE PILOT SAW AN OPEN FIELD AND HEADED FOR IT. ENROUTE THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT LANDED WITH GEAR AND FLAPS UP. THE RIGHT WING WAS TORN OFF BY A TREE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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2 Aug 1983 North American AT-6D
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19 Sep 1982 North American AT-6D
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approximate position
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21 Apr 1984 North American AT-6D
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approximate position
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approximate position
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23 May 1987 North American AT-6D
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