# Accident 19800622022359A: Amtrth THORPT18, Milford, PA, June 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1980, 11:43 local time
- Place: Milford, PA
- Airport: Quakertown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3237° N, 74.8010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milford, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3237&lon=-74.8010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59374, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59374-1981-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thorp T-18 (registry code 89510TD, https://openairdocs.org/model/thorp-t-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTH THORPT18
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FHA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800622022359A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE PROBLEM ON GO-AROUND. APPEARS PILOT STALLED AIRPLANE TRYING TO RETURN TO RUNWAY. LEFT MAG DEFECT NOTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC80FHA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHA18), Jun 22, 1980: Thorp T-18 (N59374), Quakertown, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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