North American T-6G Texan, N888WV, accident occurred on September 28, 2025, at Pegasus Field (7TN4), Oakland, Tennessee

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- History of Flight:
September 28, 2025, at about 1559 local time, a North American T-6G Texan, N888WV, registered to Custom Aircraft LLC out of Eads, TN, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident at Pegasus Field (7TN4), Oakland, Tennessee. The sole pilot onboard sustained serious injuries. The local flight originated from 7TN4.

The FAA reported that the airplane veered left off of runway 26 (turf, 3000 x 80 ft) for unknown reasons causing it to collide with trees and flip over. There was a post-crash fire. Variable winds were reported at 6 knots about 4 minutes before the accident. 15 minutes later, the, variable winds were reported at 5 knots gusting 10 knots.

ADS-B data shows that the airplane overflew the runway coming from the east before conducting two loops prior to landing on the runway (figure 1). The trees are located ~400 ft from runway 26.

Figure 1: Flightaware end of track ran through Google Earth

- Weather:

METAR KFYE 282035Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/13 A3005 RMK A01

METAR KFYE 282055Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 30/13 A3005 RMK A01 <<

METAR KFYE 282115Z AUTO VRB05G10KT 10SM CLR 30/13 A3005 RMK A01