# Accident 19770315005319A: Grtlks 2T1A2, San Fernando, CA, March 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1977
- Place: San Fernando, CA
- Airport: San Fernando
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 34.2890° N, 118.4220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at San Fernando Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2890&lon=-118.4220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6196L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6196L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (registry code 3910101, https://openairdocs.org/model/great-lakes-2t-1a-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRTLKS 2T1A2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 293 total, 4 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK77X0103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK77X0103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770315005319A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB UNK77X0103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK77X0103), Mar 15, 1977: Great Lakes 2T-1A2 (N6196L), San Fernando, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6196L (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110227002909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110227002909A), Feb 27, 2011: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (N6196L), Kingsville, TX, Minor damage. After takeoff. At 2,000 ft, aircraft started to vibrate. Pilot returned to airport and found the right horizontal stabilizer missing from aircraft.
- [Incident 19791208047949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791208047949I), Dec 8, 1979: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N6196L), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Two instructors ran out of fuel. Neither looked in gas tank.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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