# NTSB CEN27LA002: Post Thorp T-18, N763LG, Brazil, IN, October 3, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: October 3, 2026, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Brazil, IN
- Coordinates: 39.477503, -87.100644
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4775&lon=-87.1006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203931
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN27LA002
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203931/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA002

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Post THORP T-18, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=89510A1), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N763LG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N763LG), registered now, S/N 460 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: POST THORP T-18
- Registry model: [Post THORP T-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/post-thorp-t-18) (registry code 89510A1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 460
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Leslie Allen Gardner
- Registered owner: Leslie Allen Gardner
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 0I2, Brazil Clay County/Charles B Hall Fld, runway 09/27, 2,941 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.30 inHg
- Observed at: KHUF, 9 nm away
- METAR: METAR KHUF 031453Z 09009KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP258 T01610106 51009

## Other investigations on N763LG (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 CEN21LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA157), Mar 5, 2021: Post Thorp T-18 (N763LG), Indianapolis, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing with a crosswind.

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.

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