- Date
- November 22, 1986, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Elwood, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2433Rohdecap/Thorp T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861122059999A
- Case key
- 13606
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt departed anderson, Indiana to check farm fields for standing water, then elected to land at the Elwood arpt at Elwood, Indiana. The sod rwy at the arpt had an uneven gradient & was soft from recent rains. While landing on the soft,uneven rwy, the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2433
- Reported as
- Rohdecap/Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 547
- Airframe hours
- 616
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Loren E. Huston
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1986 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- AID · Anderson, IN
- Airport
- 3I1 · Elwood, runway 18, 2,300 × 300 ft, grass/turf
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 934 total · 493 in this make and model · 906 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 19,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 38 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.