# Incident 20160417012309I: Cordoza THORP T-18, Cameron Park, CA, April 17, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: Cameron Park, CA
- Airport: Cameron Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6840° N, 120.9880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cameron Airpark (KO61), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6840&lon=-120.9880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N118BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cordoza THORP T-18 (registry code 8951093, https://openairdocs.org/model/cordoza-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: CORDOZA THORP T-18
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160417012309I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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