# Accident 20220723013019A: Miller-Thorp T-18 TIGER, Angel Fire, NM, July 23, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2022, 10:33 local time
- Place: Angel Fire, NM
- Airport: Angel Fire Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4220° N, 105.2899° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4220&lon=-105.2899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N926WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N926WM-2023-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Miller-Thorp T-18 TIGER (registry code 89510T9, https://openairdocs.org/model/miller-thorp-t-18-tiger) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MILLER-THORP T-18 TIGER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,895 total, 800 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220723013019A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR22LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA269), Jul 23, 2022: Miller-Thorp T-18 Tiger (N926WM), Angel Fire, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind.

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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