- Date
- July 17, 1987, 17:30 local (Jul 18, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Patterson, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50RHHastings Thorp T18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870717037479A
- Case key
- 25328
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Weather evaluation - poorFactor
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Nose over
Analysis
At the end of a pleasure flight, the aircraft was landing with a 90 degree crosswind with a velocity of approximately 20 mph. During the landing roll, the aircraft ground looped, ran off the runway and nosed over. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50RH
- Reported as
- Hastings Thorp T18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1279
- Airframe hours
- 451
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290G, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hastings, Robert E.
- Registered owner
- Robert E Hastings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 027 · Oakdale, CA
- Destination
- Patterson, CA
- Airport
- 06 · Patterson, runway 17, 2,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 650 total · 450 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.