Fairchild(Howard) M 62C(PT-23A) N60418

Summary

On 22 May 2014 at about 23:30 local time, a Fairchild(Howard) M 62C(PT-23A) registered N60418, operated by Warbirds on Revue, Inc., was involved in an accident near Petersburg, Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 May 2014 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Petersburg, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Dinwiddie County (PTB)

Coordinates

37.2000, -77.5056

Aircraft

Fairchild(Howard) M 62C(PT-23A)

Registration

N60418

Category

Airplane

Year built

1943

Engines

1

Operator

Warbirds on Revue, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Petersburg → Petersburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14CA320

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing attempt. Contributing to the accident was the changing wind conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor was providing training to the pilot for a tailwheel endorsement in the vintage military training airplane. The pilots described that it was "windy," with the wind generally aligned with the landing runway. Following several uneventful approaches and landings, the pilot was having difficulty controlling the airplane due to the wind, and the flight instructor offered to take control of the airplane and demonstrate a stabilized approach. When the airplane reached about 50 feet above the runway, the wind velocity suddenly decreased and the airplane began descending rapidly. The flight instructor responded by increasing engine power in an attempt to abort the landing; however, the airplane struck the runway and bounced back into the air. The flight instructor then completed an uneventful circuit around the traffic pattern, landed, and returned to the parking area to inspect the airplane for damage. Finding none, the pilot then restarted the airplane and flew another two circuits around the traffic pattern uneventfully. After the pilot returned to the parking area, the flight instructor noted substantial damage to the lower portion of both wings. The pilots reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.