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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cordoza THORP T-18 · Cameron Park, CA · April 17, 2016

Date: April 17, 2016 · 11:00 local
Place: Cameron Park, CA
Airport: Cameron Airpark
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N118BC
Reported as: Cordoza Thorp T-18
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total800 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N118BCRegistered now · Cordoza THORP T-18S/N 957 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCordoza THORP T-18 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

On April 17, 2016, at approximatley 1100 local PST during the landing phase of a flight in a thorp T-18, N118BC ran off the runway 31 at the Cameron Airpark, CA. The pilot was completing the fourth landing of the day and during roll out, the aircraft tail wheel contacted the runway surface and the main gear next the pilot applied the toe brakes that resulted in the left brake grabbed which pulled the airplane to the left. At approximately 30 mph taxi speed the aircraft ran off the leftside of the paved runway onto the unpaved dirt surface. Resulting the righr main gear tire wheel assemble dropped into a goffer hole. Resulting in the airplane nose and propeller to drop. The rotating propeller tips contacted the ground surface.

The pilot pulled the mixture closed the fuel valve and magneto and battery switches. Opened the canopy and exited the aircraft. No injuries to the sole occupant. No property damge no fire no fuel leakage.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 17, 2016, AT APPROXIMATLEY 1100 LOCAL PST DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF A FLIGHT IN A THORP T-18, N118BC RAN OFF THE RUNWAY 31 AT THE CAMERON AIRPARK, CA. THE PILOT WAS COMPLETING THE FOURTH LANDING OF THE DAY AND DURING ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT TAIL WHEEL CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE MAIN GEAR NEXT THE PILOT APPLIED THE TOE BRAKES THAT RESULTED IN THE LEFT BRAKE GRABBED WHICH PULLED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT. AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH TAXI SPEED THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE LEFTSIDE OF THE PAVED RUNWAY ONTO THE UNPAVED DIRT SURFACE. RESULTING THE RIGHR MAIN GEAR TIRE WHEEL ASSEMBLE DROPPED INTO A GOFFER HOLE. RESULTING IN THE AIRPLANE NOSE AND PROPELLER TO DROP. THE ROTATING PROPELLER TIPS CONTACTED THE GROUND SURFACE.

THE PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE CLOSED THE FUEL VALVE AND MAGNETO AND BATTERY SWITCHES. OPENED THE CANOPY AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT. NO PROPERTY DAMGE NO FIRE NO FUEL LEAKAGE.