- Date
- June 9, 1984, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lee Vining, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N147DSLee Thorpe T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840609023239A
- Case key
- 24304
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during a landing in calm air, the acft began veering right when he applied the brakes. He corrected with left rudder & brake, then the acft veered left. Subsequently, it veered off the left side of the rwy, went down a grade & nosed over. The plt reported that there was nothing wrong with his acft & suggested that he over-corrected when he applied left rudder & brake. The arpt elev was 6802 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N147DS
- Reported as
- Lee Thorpe T-18 (THORPE T-1)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 439
- Airframe hours
- 590
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delta Sierra Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- APC · Napa, CA
- Destination
- O24 · Lee Vining, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 024 · Lee Vining, runway 14, 4,090 × 50 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,950 total · 170 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °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.