# Accident 20090719857299A: Brown Thoma THORP T-18, Lake Como, FL, July 19, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: Lake Como, FL
- Airport: Thunderbird Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4733° N, 81.5708° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4733&lon=-81.5708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33TB-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brown Thomas E THORP T-18 (registry code 89510D6, https://openairdocs.org/model/brown-thomas-e-thorp-t-18) (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: BROWN THOMA THORP T-18
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090719857299A

## Narrative

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

INFORMATION IS FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PASSENGER WHO WAS ON A/C AND REPORTED ACCIDENT IN 10/07/2010 THAT HAPPENED ON 07/19/2009. WAS OFFERED A RIDE IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A/C, N33TB, WITNESS STATED PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND COULD NOT STOP IN TIME TO IMPACT FENCE POSTS AT END OF RWY.INTERVIEW WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, HE LANDED INTO THE WIND ACCORDING TO THE FIELD WIND SOCK BUT WIND SHIFTED TO TAIL WIND ON LANDING, A/C THEN MOVED THROUGH SOME LOOSE SAND AT END OF RUNWAY AND BUMPED INTO FENSE POSTS AT END OF FIELD. PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT DO A GO AROUND DUE TO TREE LINE AND ELECTRIC WIRE AT END OF RUNWAY. HE ALSO DID NOT THINK IT WAS SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE BECAUSE IT ONLY COST $500 TO REPAIR, WHICH WAS WHY THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED. I CONSULED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON WHAT WAS SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE PER 49CFR 830.5

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA11LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA028), Jul 19, 2009: Brown Thomas E Thorp T-18 (N33TB), Lake Como, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to execute a go-around while landing with variable wind, which resulted in a runway overrun.

## Other reports on N33TB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840820048879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840820048879I), Aug 20, 1984: Amtrth THORPT18 (N33TB), Farmingdale, NY, Minor damage. Used too much braking to turn at a taxiway on the landing roll. Aircraft nosed up.

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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