# Accident 19780818025729A: Grtlks 2T1MENASCO, Santa Cruz, CA, August 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1978
- Place: Santa Cruz, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 36.9744° N, 122.0353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Cruz, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9744&lon=-122.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6186L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6186L-1985-09-30) (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 2T1MENASCO
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 80 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVM42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVM42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780818025729A

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE FOR UNKNOWN REASON.

## 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 OAK78FVM42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVM42), Aug 18, 1978: Great Lakes 2T-1A (N6186L), Santa Cruz, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6186L (1)

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

- [Accident 19820801033599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820801033599A), Aug 1, 1982: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N6186L), Scotts Valley, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft entered flat spin during aerobatic demonstration during air show. Pilot did not have altitude for recovery

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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