# Accident 19780812025709A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Mason City, IA, August 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1978
- Place: Mason City, IA
- Airport: Mason City Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 43.1578° N, 93.3312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON CITY MUNI (MCW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1578&lon=-93.3312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3801F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3801F-2010-01-27) (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 2T1A2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 20 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780812025709A

## 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 MKC78FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA064), Aug 12, 1978: Great Lakes 2T-1A (N3801F), Mason City, IA, destroyed, 1 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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