# Accident 19810704038339A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Jacktown, OK, July 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1981, 11:45 local time
- Place: Jacktown, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5070° N, 97.0006° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacktown, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5070&lon=-97.0006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3820F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3820F-1984-10-25) (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 2T1A2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810704038339A

## Narrative

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

AFTER LOW-LEVEL AEROBATICS, AIRPLANE SEEMED TO DESCENT OUT OF CONTROL FROM LEVEL FLIGHT. POSSIBLE PILOT SICKNESS.

## 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 FTW81FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA115), Jul 4, 1981: Great Lakes 2T-1A2 (N3820F), Jacktown, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N3820F (1)

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

- [Accident 19780408005359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780408005359A), Apr 8, 1978: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N3820F), Silver City, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot applied brakes after touchdown,ac nosed over.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.
