- Date
- December 4, 1988, 14:22 local (22:22 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77KKKnowles Thorp T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881204052539A
- Case key
- 26164
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he was practicing takeoffs and landings on a local flight. During one of those landings he indicated that the right wheel locked up and caused the aircraft to veer to the right. He stated that he subsequently lost control of the aircraft and it ran off the right side of the runway and nosed over. Examination of the braking system on the aircraft did not reveal any evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77KK
- Reported as
- Knowles Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 492
- Airframe hours
- 1,059
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290D, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Justus, Norman Charles
- Registered owner
- Justus, Norman Charies
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 11, 1988 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- Q94 · Rio Linda, CA
- Airport
- 051 · Lincoln Muni, runway 15, 6,001 × 100 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,175 total · 400 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.