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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr THORP T18 · Tacoma, WA · August 16, 2008

Date: August 16, 2008 · 11:31 local
Place: Tacoma, WA
Airport: Tacoma Narrows
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N295RS
Reported as: Amtr THORPT18
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total1,050 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N295RSRegistered now · Snelson Richard O THORP T18S/N 002RS · Built 1992 Airframe modelSnelson Richard O THORP T18 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot stated that he was returning to tiw from jefferson county airport where he had at ate at the restaurant. Pilot landed at tiw and the aircraft ground looped, causing minor damage to the aircraft. On the phone, the pilot indicated that his brake had hung up causing him to lose control of the aircraft and the propeller had struck the runway. Arrived at the pilots hangar and inspected the aircraft and records. The right hand gear leg was bent, and the right hand wing tip and prop was missing. The pilot then stated that he did not know if the winds had caused him to lose control, or if the brakes had hung up, or if his foot had slipped off the rudder pedals.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO TIW FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT WHERE HE HAD AT ATE AT THE RESTAURANT. PILOT LANDED AT TIW AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ON THE PHONE, THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HIS BRAKE HAD HUNG UP CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROPELLER HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY. ARRIVED AT THE PILOTS HANGAR AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND RECORDS. THE RIGHT HAND GEAR LEG WAS BENT, AND THE RIGHT HAND WING TIP AND PROP WAS MISSING. THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IF THE WINDS HAD CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL, OR IF THE BRAKES HAD HUNG UP, OR IF HIS FOOT HAD SLIPPED OFF THE RUDDER PEDALS.