- Date
- July 27, 1986, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mckinney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7JAThorpe T18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860727035249A
- Case key
- 21933
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was landed on a closed rwy where it collided with steel posts embedded in the rwy. The plt had questioned a Cessna plt who made a go-around in front of him about the status of the rwy and wad advised it was closed. The plt saw the flag & an 'x' but landed over them and collided with the posts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7JA
- Reported as
- Thorpe T18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 630
- Airframe hours
- 538
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John D. Austin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1986 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- TX05 · Mckinney, TX
- Destination
- TKI · Mckinney, TX
- Airport
- TKI · Mckinney Muni, runway 17, 2,200 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 799 total · 538 in this make and model · 756 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.