# Incident 20001001030479I: Grtlks 2T1A2, Burbank, CA, October 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2000, 13:30 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44SJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44SJ) (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: CONT IO360*
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 250 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001001030479I

## Narrative

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

(-23)A/C WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI TO RUNWAY EIGHT. WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT HE WAS HEADED ONTO THE RUNWAY, HE WAS TOLD TO HOLD POSITION. HIS STOP WAS SO ABRUPT THAT THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT CLAIMS HE WAS TOLD TO FOLLOW ANOTHER A/C ACROSS THE RUNWAY. HE SAID THE COMMAND TO STOP WAS SO SUDDENT AND ABRUPT HE THOUGHT THE CONTROLLER SAW ANOTHER A/C APPROACHING CLOSE BY AND HE FEARED A COLLISION MIGHT BE IMMINENT IF HE LET HIS A/C EVEN PROCEED BY A LITTLE. RATHER THAN SAVE THE PROPELLER FROM DAMAGE, HE CHOSE TO PREVENT A MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION BY STOPPING VERY SHORT. THE A/C IS OWNED BY THE PILOT WHO ALSO BORE THE COST OF REPAIRS. AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED TO INCREASE HIS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BOTH OUTSIDE THE COCKPIT AND IN RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.

## Other reports on N44SJ (3)

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

- [Incident 19950110002809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950110002809I), Jan 10, 1995: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N44SJ), Portland, OR, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot was taxiing for takeoff. Applied brakes and stood aircraft on nose. Damage to propeller and nose cone. Wind was a tailwind.
- [Incident 19880303012309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880303012309I), Mar 3, 1988: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N44SJ), Hillsboro, OR, Minor damage. Right brake grabbed while taxiing. Applied a strong left brake. Aircraft went up on its nose.
- [Accident 19850616029079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850616029079A), Jun 16, 1985: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N44SJ), North Plains, OR, Substantial damage. Touched down on third approach with too much airspeed, ran off end of runway into high alfalfa, 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.

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