20220723013019A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Miller-Thorp T-18 TIGER · Angel Fire, NM · July 23, 2022

Date
July 23, 2022 · 10:33 local
Place
Angel Fire, NM
Airport
Angel Fire Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N926WM
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR22LA269
Reported as
Miller-Thorp T-18 Tiger
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,895 total800 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

On July 23, 2022, at 1033 MDT, a Miller-Thorp model T-18 tiger, single engine airplane, privacy data omitted was on a personal local flight from Angel Fire Airport, Angel Fire, new Mexico (kaxx), under visual flight rules when the PIC attempted to conduct a landing at kaxx. While rolling out the aircraft encountered a gust of wind and then the aircraft began to veer off the runway, rapidly decelerate upon hitting a drainage ditch, flipped over, and came to rest upside down. No flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the commercial pilot and passenger incurred minor injuries. The flight originated at Angel Fire, new Mexico, on July 23, 2022, at 1014 MDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 23, 2022, AT 1033 MDT, A MILLER-THORP MODEL T-18 TIGER, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT FROM ANGEL FIRE AIRPORT, ANGEL FIRE, NEW MEXICO (KAXX), UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WHEN THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO CONDUCT A LANDING AT KAXX. WHILE ROLLING OUT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY, RAPIDLY DECELERATE UPON HITTING A DRAINAGE DITCH, FLIPPED OVER, AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER INCURRED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ANGEL FIRE, NEW MEXICO, ON JULY 23, 2022, AT 1014 MDT.

NTSB investigation

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