# Accident 19990731035509A: Grtlks 2T1A, Pensacola, FL, July 31, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1999, 07:50 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Costal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5000° N, 87.3709° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5000&lon=-87.3709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47149 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRTLKS 2T1A
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 611 total, 438 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990731035509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED AT COASTAL AIRPORT, PENSACOLA, FL (83J) A GRASS AIRSTRIP. HE STATED, UPON BRAKE APPLICATION THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO STOP AND ROLLED INTO FENCE AT RUNWAY END CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP INVERTED.  THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE BARBED FENCE AND STRUCK THE GROUND AS AIRCRAFT INVERTED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE UPPER AND LOWER WINGS, VERTICAL TAIL SECTION, AND RUDDER.  THE ELEVATOR DAMAGE WAS MINOR, THE UPPER WING CENTER AND OUTBOARD LEADING EDGES WERE DAMAGED.  INBOARD FORWARD WING BRACE ASSEMBLIES BOWED.  LOWER RIGHT WING TIP LEADING EDGE AND SPAR DAMAGED, SUSPECT HIDDEN DAMAE THIS AREA.  UNABLE TO ASSESS UPPER WING DAMAGE.  VERTICAL TAIL SECTION AND RUDDER ASSEMBLY FORWARD BEND APPROX. 25 DEGREES.  UPON INSPECTION BRAKE RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY.  SUSPECT BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO LOSS OF FLUID FROM RESERVOIR. (.4) DURING LANDING ROLLOUT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY, COLLIDED WITH A FENCE, AND NOSED OVER. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM SHOWED THE HYDRAULIC FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF POSTCRASH LEAKAGE OF FLUID FROM THE RESERVOIR.

## 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 MIA99LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA210), Jul 31, 1999: Wilderoder Great Lakes 2TIA (N47149), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to check the brake hydraulic fluid reservoir prior to flight resulting in a low fluid level going undetected and failure of the brakes during landing rollout, which resulted in…

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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