- Date
- October 6, 1978
- Place
- Middleton, WI · MIDDLETON, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N493TKThorp T-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781006033959A
- Case key
- 139204
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3614 78/10/6 MIDDLETON,WI THORP T-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 755 TIME - 1515 N493TK PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 126 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOREY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,NE MIDDLETON,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WINGTIP COLLIDED WITH SOD ON SIDE OF R/W.WIND GUSTING TO 30KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N493TK
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morey
N493TKRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2015 · Gautier THORP T-18Airframe modelGautier THORP T-18Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.