# Accident 19860711032059A: Amtrth THORPT18, Richland, WA, July 11, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1986, 14:50 local time
- Place: Richland, WA
- Airport: Richland
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2493° N, 119.2896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2493&lon=-119.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2056, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2056-1988-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kerr THORP T-18 (registry code 8951027, https://openairdocs.org/model/kerr-thorp-t-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTH THORPT18
- Reported engine: LYC O290A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA86FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860711032059A

## Narrative

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

APPROACHING AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT TO LAND, GROUND OBSERVER REPORTED AIRCRAFT IN A SPIN PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## 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 SEA86FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA165), Jul 11, 1986: Thorp T-18 (N2056), Richland, WA, 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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