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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrth THORPT18 · Patterson, CA · July 17, 1987

Date
July 17, 1987 · 17:30 local
Place
Patterson, CA
Airport
Patterson
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N50RH
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX87DVA08
Reported as
Amtrth THORPT18
Reported engine
Lycoming O290
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total450 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost directional control landing in a crosswind. Ground looped and nosed over. Exceeded the crosswind component.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING IN A CROSSWIND. GROUND LOOPED AND NOSED OVER. EXCEEDED THE CROSSWIND COMPONENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.