# Incident 20250904011139I: Roy A Farris THORP T-18, Roswell, NM, September 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2025, 14:02 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Airport: Roswell Aircenter Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2999° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSWELL AIR CENTER (ROW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2999&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N542F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N542F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Roy A Farris THORP T-18 (registry code 056409Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/roy-a-farris-thorp-t-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320 series (registry code 42389, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROY A FARRIS THORP T-18
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 80 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250904011139I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 4, 025 AT 1402 MDT A THROPE T- 18 AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE OF RUNWAY 21 DURING LANDING ROLL OUT AT ROW (ROSWELL AIR CENTER) NM.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FOLLOWING RT MLG & RT OUTER WING AREA. THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ULYSSES AIRPORT (ULS) IN ULYSSES, KANSAS, ON AUGUST 4, 2025, 1200 CDT.

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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