20141025022489A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Doubleday Donald THORP=TS-18CW · Reklaw, TX · October 25, 2014

Date
October 25, 2014 · 11:15 local
Place
Reklaw, TX
Airport
Flying M Ranch
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N18DD
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN15CA029
Reported as
Doubleday Donald THORP=TS-18CW
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft landed long at a private airport where there were numerous aircraft in the pattern making low level passes down the runway. Aircraft needed to make a go-around but was prevented by traffic overhead in close proximity. Aircraft ran off the end of the runway and into a small pond.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT WHERE THERE WERE NUMEROUS AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN MAKING LOW LEVEL PASSES DOWN THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT NEEDED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND BUT WAS PREVENTED BY TRAFFIC OVERHEAD IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A SMALL POND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.