# Accident 19791025032129A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Elsinore, CA, October 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Skylark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6330° N, 117.3016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6330&lon=-117.3016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3805F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3805F) (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: 1,679 total, 10 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG03-201196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791025032129A

## Narrative

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

LANDING AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED NEAR DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY. TIRE SKID MARKS AND PROP GOUGES NOTED ON RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX80FUG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG03-201196), Oct 25, 1979: Great Lakes 2T-1A (N3805F), Elsinore, CA, 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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