Hart-Thorp T-18 TIGER N3WB

Summary

On 13 December 1984 at about 00:00 local time, a Hart-Thorp T-18 TIGER registered N3WB was involved in an accident near Tulare, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 December 1984 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Tulare, California, United States

Coordinates

36.1791, -119.3600

Aircraft

Hart-Thorp T-18 TIGER

Registration

N3WB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tulare → Redding

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85FA068

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT DEPARTED ARPT & ABOUT 5 MINS LATER WAS SEEN 'DESCENDING VERTICALLY' OUT OF 'DARK RAIN CLOUD' AT ABOUT 1,000 FT AGL. DURING ATTEMPTED RECOVERY AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL, ACFT BROKE UP & CRASHED IN A FIELD. PLT DID NOT OBTAIN WX BRIEFING PRIOR TO FLT AND DID NOT HOLD AN INSTRUEMENT RATING. WX AT TIME OF DEPARTURE WAS 1,000 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 2 IN FOG AND RAIN, WINDS CALM. WITNESSES REPORTED BASES OF CLOUDS WERE MOVING SE 'RAPIDLY' AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. WINDS ALOFT AT 3,000 FT WERE REPORTED AT 22 KTS. CUMULUS CLOUDS WERE REPORTED IN VICINITY OF ACCIDENT SITE ALONG WITH MODERATE OR GREATER TURBULENCE. EXAMINATION OF ACFT REVEALED NO PRE-EXISTING PROBLEMS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.