- Date
- July 25, 1985, 18:15 local (Jul 26, 1985, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Alamosa, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N633GGGordon Thorpe T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850725033769A
- Case key
- 16775
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Analysis
The plt of the amateur built acft was on a flt to ashkosh, WI with an en route stop at pueblo, CO. Due to wx in the pueblo area, he diverted to Alamosa, CO. On his 1st apch to land on rwy 20, he made a go-around. On his 2nd apch, the acft landed long & at high speed. Subsequently, the acft veered to the left, went off the rwy & was damaged. The plt reported that he was relatively inexperience at flying tailwheel equipped acft, was unfamiliar with high alt arpt landings & had 'just lost it.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N633GG
- Reported as
- Gordon Thorpe T-18 (THORPE T-1)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1098
- Airframe hours
- 495
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gus G. Gordon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 12, 1985 · 495 hours before
- Departed
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ALS · Alamosa Muni/Bergman, runway 20, 8,499 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 252 total · 50 in this make and model · 177 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 137 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.