# Accident 19800713026399A: Grtlks 2T1, Mason, MI, July 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1980, 12:27 local time
- Place: Mason, MI
- Airport: Mason-Jewett
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5658° N, 84.4232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON JEWETT FLD (TEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5658&lon=-84.4232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88SK-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mckenzie GREAT LAKES 2T-1 (registry code 3910232, https://openairdocs.org/model/mckenzie-great-lakes-2t-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRTLKS 2T1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,115 total, 144 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEC23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800713026399A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO RECOVER FROM TAIL SLIDE MANUEVER PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT. STRUCK GROUND AT START OF PULL-UP.

## 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 CHI80FEC23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC23), Jul 13, 1980: Great Lakes 2T-1 (N88SK), Mason, MI, destroyed

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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