# Accident 19780325021059A: Grtlks 2T1MENASCO, Santa Maria, CA, March 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1978
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Porter Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6262L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6262L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (registry code 3910101, https://openairdocs.org/model/great-lakes-2t-1a-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRTLKS 2T1MENASCO
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,860 total, 65 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DVM14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVM14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780325021059A

## 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 LAX78DVM14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVM14), Mar 25, 1978: GR Lakes 2T-1A (N6262L), Santa Maria, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6262L (1)

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

- [Accident 19850909043939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850909043939A), Sep 9, 1985: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N6262L), Caddo Mills, TX, Substantial damage. Engine lost power after takeoff. Aircraft flipped over during landing in a field. Air intake ducting had collapsed.

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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