# Accident 19790609018119A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Tayloville, IL, June 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Tayloville, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5998L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRTLKS 2T1A2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,979 total, 7 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEV23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEV23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790609018119A

## Narrative

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

PLT SAID ENGINE LOST POWER ON CLIMB,TURNED DOWNWIND AT LOW ALTITUDE. ACFT STALLED,SPUN TO GROUND. NO ENGINE PROBLEM

## 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 CHI79FEV23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEV23), Jun 9, 1979: Great Lakes 2T-1A (N5998L), Taylorville, IL, substantial damage

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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