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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrth THORPT18 · Monroe, LA · July 24, 1997

Date: July 24, 1997 · 13:36 local
Place: Monroe, LA
Airport: Monroe
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2NE
Reported as: Amtrth THORPT18
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,550 total70 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N2NERegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2004 · Eastman N L THORP T-18CS/N 1052 · Built 1982 Airframe modelEastman N L THORP T-18C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: according to telephone interview with pilot, flight progressed normally from maxwell air force base, AL, with no indications of mechanical trouble, no weather factors involved. On landing in Monroe the aircraft exhibited loss of directional control. Pilot tapped brakes, increasing loss of control. Pilot then applied both brakes, causing airplane to tip forward, resulting in prop strike. The plane returned to 3-point configuration and was towed off runway. Pilot further advised that "possibly a gust of wind."

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH PILOT, FLIGHT PROGRESSED NORMALLY FROM MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, AL, WITH NO INDICATIONS OF MECHANICAL TROUBLE, NO WEATHER FACTORS INVOLVED. ON LANDING IN MONROE THE AIRCRAFT EXHIBITED LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. PILOT TAPPED BRAKES, INCREASING LOSS OF CONTROL. PILOT THEN APPLIED BOTH BRAKES, CAUSING AIRPLANE TO TIP FORWARD, RESULTING IN PROP STRIKE. THE PLANE RETURNED TO 3-POINT CONFIGURATION AND WAS TOWED OFF RUNWAY. PILOT FURTHER ADVISED THAT "POSSIBLY A GUST OF WIND."