# Accident 19770503016559A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Milford, NJ, May 3, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1977
- Place: Milford, NJ
- Airport: Cumulus Ridge
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 40.5735° N, 75.0897° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milford, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5735&lon=-75.0897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5940L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5940L-1977-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (registry code 3910101, https://openairdocs.org/model/great-lakes-2t-1a-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRTLKS 2T1A2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,327 total, 8 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770503016559A

## Narrative

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

ACFT APRX 100 LB OVR GW.ACFT OBSVD SHALLOW NOSE HI SHALLOW L TURN WITH HVY ELEV & L RUDDER USE.

## 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 NYC77FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA055), May 3, 1977: GR Lakes 2T1A-2 (N5940L), Milford, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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