# Accident 19940524012349A: Amtrth THORPT18, Phoenix, AZ, May 24, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1994, 13:29 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6810° N, 112.0898° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6810&lon=-112.0898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86BP-1995-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Praker Robert M THORP T18C (registry code 05618GX, https://openairdocs.org/model/praker-robert-m-thorp-t18c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTH THORPT18
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940524012349A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON CLIMBOUT AND SPUN TO GROUND. SECOND TAKEOFF ON FIRST TEST FLIGHT. STEEP CLIMB. PROBLEM UNKNOWN.

## 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 FTW94FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA176), May 24, 1994: Praker Thorp T18C (N86BP), Phoenix, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO PREVENT AN INADVERTENT STALL AND HIS INABILITY TO RECOVER DUE TO A RESTRICTION IN THE MOVEMENT OF THE STABILATOR FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. A FACTOR WAS THE FAILURE OF THE…

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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