# Accident 19820502033559A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Thomson, GA, May 2, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1982, 10:15 local time
- Place: Thomson, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4693° N, 82.4951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thomson, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4693&lon=-82.4951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3559L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRTLKS 2T1A2
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360B1G6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,036 total, 16 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FKG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FKG13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820502033559A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED DOING ACROBATICS AT LOW ALTITUDE. ENTERED AN INVERTED SPIN AND DIVED INTO TREES. AIR SHOW PILOT.

## 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 ATL82FKG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FKG13), May 2, 1982: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (N3559L), Thomson, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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