# Incident 20080816842089I: Amtr THORPT18, Tacoma, WA, August 16, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2008, 11:31 local time
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: Tacoma Narrows
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2679° N, 122.5781° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TACOMA NARROWS (TIW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2679&lon=-122.5781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N295RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N295RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Snelson Richard O THORP T18 (registry code 89510U9, https://openairdocs.org/model/snelson-richard-o-thorp-t18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR THORPT18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080816842089I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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