- Date
- May 17, 1984, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11HGGinn Thorp T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840517017489A
- Case key
- 24265
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft lost power and nosed over during a forced landing on desert terrain. An inspection of the engine showed that the automotive type filter had disintegrated and had been ingested in the carburetor. The filter was 4 years old. After the filter was removed the engine ran successfully.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11HG
- Reported as
- Ginn Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 437
- Airframe hours
- 664
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard & Elaine Ginn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 1984
- Departed
- WJF · Lancaster, CA
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 425 total · 406 in this make and model · 391 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 240° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.