# Accident 20030716015779A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Newman Lake, WA, July 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2003, 20:15 local time
- Place: Newman Lake, WA
- Airport: Ellerport Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7347° N, 117.0711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7347&lon=-117.0711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16GL) (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 AEIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030716015779A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 SEA03LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA141), Jul 17, 2003: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (N16GL), Newman Lake, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from an object while on final approach for landing. Trees and inadequate visual lookout were factors.

## Other reports on N16GL (1)

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

- [Accident 20170128002339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170128002339A), Jan 28, 2017: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (N16GL), Canon City, CO, Substantial damage. Upon 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,…

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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