- Date
- October 9, 1983, 14:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- East Haddam, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4860SThorp T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831009055689A
- Case key
- 35449
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that the first aprch was too high and he went around. On the second aprch, after flare, there was a gust of wind from the right and the acft lost lift. Power was added to reduce the sink rate, but the acft bounced and settled to the rwy. He reduced power but the speed did not bleed off. The acft continued to roll toward parked acft, so to avoid a collision he turned the acft toward the water. The acft came to rest a few feet from the water, but flipped over as the main gear hit an object.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4860S
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 259
- Airframe hours
- 180
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nimrod Litvak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 23, 1983 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- Brookhaven, NY
- Airport
- 42B · Goodspeed, runway 32, 2,118 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 25 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.