# Accident 19930613017889A: Amtrth THORPT18, Chatham, MA, June 13, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1993, 14:30 local time
- Place: Chatham, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6739° N, 69.9629° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chatham, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6739&lon=-69.9629&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221DP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N221DP-1993-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Skillman G. Lee THORP T-18 (registry code 89510F7, https://openairdocs.org/model/skillman-g-lee-thorp-t-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTH THORPT18
- Reported engine: LYC VO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 21,100 total, 270 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC93FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93FA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930613017889A

## Narrative

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

BUZZING JET SKIERS. ROLLED JUST OFF WATER SURFACE. WING DUG IN CAUSING CARTWHEEL. PASSENGER HAD CAUTIONED PILOT.

## 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 NYC93FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93FA110), Jun 13, 1993: Skillman Thorp T-18 (N221DP), Chatham, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's performance of an aerobatic maneuver, with insufficient altitude for recovery, resulting in a collision with the water

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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