Thorp T-18 N4860S

Summary

On 9 October 1983 at about 18:25 local time, a Thorp T-18 registered N4860S was involved in an accident near East Haddam, Connecticut, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 October 1983 at 18:25

Classification

Accident

Location

East Haddam, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Goodspeed (42B)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Thorp T-18

Registration

N4860S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brookhaven → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84LA004

Nobody was injured.

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FIRST APRCH WAS TOO HIGH AND HE WENT AROUND. ON THE SECOND APRCH, AFTER FLARE, THERE WAS A GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT AND THE ACFT LOST LIFT. POWER WAS ADDED TO REDUCE THE SINK RATE, BUT THE ACFT BOUNCED AND SETTLED TO THE RWY. HE REDUCED POWER BUT THE SPEED DID NOT BLEED OFF. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO ROLL TOWARD PARKED ACFT, SO TO AVOID A COLLISION HE TURNED THE ACFT TOWARD THE WATER. THE ACFT CAME TO REST A FEW FEET FROM THE WATER, BUT FLIPPED OVER AS THE MAIN GEAR HIT AN OBJECT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.