- Date
- July 30, 1982, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Neosho, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N75AThorp T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820730033619A
- Case key
- 71961
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft crashed after it entered the traffic pattern for a landing. A witness reported that he observed the aircraft close in on a base leg as the pilot began a turn to final approach. He estimated that the pilot was in a 60 deg turn at about 150 ft AGL, and was neither climbing nor descending, when the right wing dropped and the plane nosed over. The aircraft impacted in a steep nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75A
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 113
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Francis A. Richardson
- Registered owner
- Francis A. Richardson
- Departed
- Sherman, TX
- Destination
- Kelso, WA
- Airport
- runway 19, 5,000 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.