- Date
- September 10, 1988, 07:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19880910038092A19880910038091A
- Case key
- 26099
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Analysis
Just prior to touchdown a thorp T-18 and a Piper collided in flight. The Piper struck the thorp from above at aprx 10 ft AGL over the threshold. The thorp landed without further incident. The Piper completed a normal landing until the propeller contacted the runway. The nose gear was sheared off from contacting the propeller of the thorp. Neither pilot reported having seen the other airplane. The Piper did not have operable radios and the Piper pilot reported flying the traffic pattern 300 ft higher than published.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N45BH
- Reported as
- Billings/Humbyrd Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- T515
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Weber, Carolin B.
- Registered owner
- Weber, Carolin B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 23, 1988 · 120 hours before
- Airport
- L66 · Corona, runway 25, 3,200 × 60 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.
- Registration
- N56243
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7335388
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Tovar, Jose J.
- Registered owner
- Tovar, Jose J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PSP · Palm Springs, CA
- Airport
- L66 · Corona, runway 25, 3,200 × 60 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N45BH
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 906 total · 65 in this make and model · 42 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N56243
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,350 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N45BH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.