- Date
- July 21, 1984, 17:00 local (Jul 22, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18GYAmateur Built Thorp T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840721033829A
- Case key
- 16255
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Analysis
The plt was on a x-country to Salt Lake City. Approaching Salt lake he saw thunderstorms in the area. At this point he said he had 1/4 of a tank of gas so he diverted to ogden then tried for morgan where he was waved off by 3 people on therwy. Plt then diverted to heber city but because of a storm he decided to land on a road. He circled in the east canyon lake area until almost out of fuel and tried to land on a boat ramp. The landing was made in a 30 kt tailwind during which the acft bounced, skidded around a camper parked near the ramp, and nosed over. The acft engine quit during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18GY
- Reported as
- Amateur Built Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 775
- Airframe hours
- 556
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-GPU, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James S. Fite
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- HLN · Helena, MT
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 505 total · 355 in this make and model · 440 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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