- Date
- February 29, 1988, 19:50 local (Mar 1, 1988, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Advance, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1369Thorp T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880229003979A
- Case key
- 7554
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
ComplacencyFactor
Fuel consumption calculations - not performedCause
Refueling - not performedFactor
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Light condition - dark nightFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1369
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RLG-316
- Airframe hours
- 8,486
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nicky H. Buchanan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 16, 1987 · 352 hours before
- Departed
- INT · Winston-Salem, NC
- Destination
- 8A7 · Mocksville, NC
N1369Registered now · Godwin Robert L. JR. T-18Airframe modelGodwin Robert L. JR. T-18Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 80 in this make and model · 335 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.