- Date
- July 11, 1981
- Place
- Waterloo, IA · WATERLOO, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N179RWThorp T-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810711041799A
- Case key
- 124926
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1390 81/7/11 WATERLOO,IA THORP T-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N179RW PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERLOO,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N179RW
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flyers
N179RWRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Weselmann-Roger THORP T-18Airframe modelWeselmann-Roger THORP T-18Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.