- Date
- April 20, 1987, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bowling Green, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N218HWThorp T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870420031849A
- Case key
- 34367
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The PIC rptdly encountered a gust of wind during the landing flare. The PIC lost control as one main landing gear impacted the ground abruptly and his head hit the side of the canopy. The acft veered off the side of the rwy into tall grass and soft terrain. The PIC was unable to steer the acft back onto the rwy and execute a go-around. The acft subsequently impacted into a ditch which was obscured by the tall grass and flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N218HW
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 532
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Norman W. Boldt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1986 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Siloam Springs, AR
- Airport
- H19 · Bowling Green, runway 13, 2,600 × 50 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 134 total · 71 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UIN, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.