# Incident 20030709016169I: Amtr T18, Reno, NV, July 9, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2003, 06:52 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4991° N, 119.7681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/TAHOE INTL (RNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4991&lon=-119.7681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N139G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N139G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Griffith-Thorp T-18 (registry code 89510BH, https://openairdocs.org/model/griffith-thorp-t-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR T18
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Pilot flight hours: 2,570 total, 32 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030709016169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 9, 2003, 0632 HOURS PDT, WHILE IN-FLIGHT FROM RENO, NV TO TRUCKEE, CA AND DESCENDING INTO TRUCKEE, CA, GRIFFITH-THORP T-18, N139G, HAD THE CANOPY SEPARATE FROM THIS EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT AIRFRAME. THE CANOPY STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILATOR, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE OWNER/PILOT STATED THAT THE TOP FORWARD CANOPY LATCH MUST HAVE FAILED. HE SAID THE AIRPLANE HAD A MILD SHUDDER, BUT STILL FLEW OK, EVEN WITH THE STABILATOR DAMAGE. HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO RENO, NV AND WAS ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS CALLED OUT. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED ON THE CANOPY FAILURE. THE CANOPY HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE, AND NO FIRES. FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.

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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