# Incident 19990528016049I: Grtlks 2T1A2, Decatur, IL, May 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1999, 17:25 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3554L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3554L) (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: 126 total, 15 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990528016049I

## Narrative

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

AT ABOUT 1725 CDT THE PILOT ON COMMAND WAS MAKING A RUNUP ON THE TAXIWAY LEADING TO RUNWAY 24, PRIOR TO A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. AFTER CHECKING THE MAGNETOS THE PILOT NOTICED A SENSATION OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SINKING, HE THEN PRESSED HARDER ON THE BRAKES AND LOOKED DOWN TO VERIFY THAT HE DID HAVE THE CONTROL STICK BACK, WHEN HE LOOKED UP HE NOTICED THE PROPELLER WAS HITTING THE PAVEMENT.  HE THEN PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK AND CUT THE MIXTURE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON ITS PROPELLER SPINNER AND MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT A FALCON 50 DEPARTING THE SAME RUNWAY MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.  THE WINDS AT THE TIME WERE ABOUT 230 TO 250 DEGREES AT 5 TO 8 KNOTS.                                                                                                                             THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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