- Date
- February 22, 1989, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Aguila, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9675ZWarwick Thorp T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890222002489A
- Case key
- 26131
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control, which resulted in the aircraft veering off the runway. Factors related to the accident were: uneven runway & the ditch.
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
While landing, the airplane traveled over a rise in the rwy & veered to the right. The plt attempted to correct with left rudder, but the acft continued off the rwy. Subsequently, it hit a ditch & nosed over. No preimpact mechanical problems were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9675Z
- Reported as
- Warwick Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 01
- Airframe hours
- 2,117
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billy J. Warwick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 23, 1988 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- E70 · Aguila, AZ
- Airport
- 7ED · Eagle Point
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,900 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.