20030716015779A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grtlks 2T-1A-2 · Newman Lake, WA · July 16, 2003

Date: July 16, 2003 · 20:15 local
Place: Newman Lake, WA
Airport: Ellerport Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N16GL
NTSB investigation: NTSBSEA03LA141
Reported as: Grtlks 2T1A2
Reported engine: Lycoming AEIO360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total500 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N16GLRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2S/N 0772 Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2 Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) At approximately 2015 PDT, the aircraft was conducting a long final approach for runway 19 at the Ellerport Airport (WN54). The runway is 2600 feet long and approx. 20 feet wide. The pilot was flying from the rear seat with a passenger seated in the forward seat of the great lakes biplane. On short final, the airplane struck two trees aligned with the runway, one 120 feet from the end of the runway and the other 82 feet from the end. It came to rest inverted approximately 16 feet from the left edge of the runway near the end of the runway. The sun had just dipped beneath the hill west of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 2015 PDT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING A LONG FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 19 AT THE ELLERPORT AIRPORT (WN54). THE RUNWAY IS 2600 FEET LONG AND APPROX. 20 FEET WIDE. THE PILOT WAS FLYING FROM THE REAR SEAT WITH A PASSENGER SEATED IN THE FORWARD SEAT OF THE GREAT LAKES BIPLANE. ON SHORT FINAL, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK TWO TREES ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY, ONE 120 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND THE OTHER 82 FEET FROM THE END. IT CAME TO REST INVERTED APPROXIMATELY 16 FEET FROM THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE SUN HAD JUST DIPPED BENEATH THE HILL WEST OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB SEA03LA141Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNewman Lake, WAThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from an object while on final approach for landing. Trees and inadequate visual lookout were factors.Jul 17, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N16GL · 1

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

Accident 20170128002339ALanding: Rollout · Canon City, COUpon returning to base airport at fremont county airport , the pilot and passenger of N16GL tuned and listened to the AWOS weather briefing provided by 1V6, prior to entering the pattern from the north. The pilot observed 2 aircraft ahead of her in the…Jan 28, 2017 · Substantial damage