# Accident 19780408005359A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Silver City, TX, April 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1978
- Place: Silver City, TX
- Airport: Turner-Ridgeport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Aircraft: N3820F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3820F-1984-10-25) (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: 500 total, 48 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78DQD17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78DQD17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780408005359A

## Narrative

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

PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AFTER TOUCHDOWN,AC NOSED OVER.

## 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 DEN78DQD17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78DQD17), Apr 8, 1978: Great Lakes 2T1A-2 (N3820F), Silver City, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3820F (1)

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

- [Accident 19810704038339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810704038339A), Jul 4, 1981: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N3820F), Jacktown, OK, Destroyed. After low-level aerobatics, airplane seemed to descent out of control from level flight. Possible pilot sickness.

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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