- Date
- June 29, 1983, 17:15 local (Jun 30, 1983, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49101Thorpe T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830629060269A
- Case key
- 35101
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Analysis
According to the plt, the acft ballooned after touchdown, he recovered, then after the next touchdonw, it ballooned again. He initiated a go-around, but with the application of power, the acft banked aprx 90 deg to the left. The plt reported that aileron control had become ineffective. He reduced power, and subsequently, the acft crashed, left wing first, while in a 20 to 30 deg left bank. The plt reported the sky was clear, visibility was unlimited & the wind was from 090 deg at 8 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49101
- Reported as
- Thorpe T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- #891
- Airframe hours
- 250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerome S. Rubin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 12, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- PNE · Philadelphia, PA
- Airport
- PNE · Northeast Phila, runway 6, 7,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 10 in this make and model · 2,125 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- PNE
FAA reports on this event · 1
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