# Incident 19970724033639I: Amtrth THORPT18, Monroe, LA, July 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1997, 13:36 local time
- Place: Monroe, LA
- Airport: Monroe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5106° N, 92.0361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE RGNL (MLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5106&lon=-92.0361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2NE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2NE-2004-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eastman N L THORP T-18C (registry code 89510G9, https://openairdocs.org/model/eastman-n-l-thorp-t-18c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTH THORPT18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,550 total, 70 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970724033639I

## Narrative

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

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."

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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