# Accident 19980325004269A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Pierson, FL, March 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1998, 13:30 local time
- Place: Pierson, FL
- Airport: Pierson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2299° N, 81.4607° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2299&lon=-81.4607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3751F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3751F) (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
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360B1G6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,196 total, 320 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980325004269A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT OF 4 AIRCRAFT 3 LANDED RWY 23 THIS ONE NOSED OVER WHEN BRAKES APPLIED LANDING. TAILWIND COMPLACENT FACTORS. (-23) PILOT LANDED DOWNWIND ON 2600' GRASS RUNWAY IN A TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT. WIND AT NEARBY AIRPORTS WAS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY FROM 040 DEGREES AT 10 KTS. PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 23. DURING ROLLOUT, PILOT APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER, UPPER WING, NOSE COWLING, PROPELLER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE ENGINE WAS PARTIALLY BROKEN OUT OF THE ENGINE MOUNT.

## 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 MIA98LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA108), Mar 25, 1998: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (N3751F), Pierson, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to note the windsock before touchdown which resulted in a downwind landing, and the pilot's improper elevator control. Factors were the tailwind and the pilot's complacency.

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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