# Accident 20040822021239A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Elkton, KY, August 22, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Elkton, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8028° N, 87.1764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8028&lon=-87.1764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1XG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1XG) (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*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822021239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT TO FSDO AT APPROXIMATELY 10:20 ON 08/23/2004. PILOT, OWNER MR. GARY JONES STATED THE FOLLOWING DURING A PHONE CALL TO INSPECTOR CHUCK HOLSCLAW: WE WERE A FORMATION FLIGHT OF TWO GREAT LAKES 2T1-A2 AIRCRAFT LANDING AT 1M6 ELKTON, KY. I WAS IN THE LEAD AIRCRAFT AND WHEN LOOKING AT THE FIELD THERE WAS A MOWED AREA AND A NON-MOWED AREA. I LANDED ON THE MOWED AREA AND HIT AN OBSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. THE SECOND AIRCRAFT HIT SOMETHING ALSO AND BROKE A WHEELPANT. PILOT ALSO STATED HE THINKS HIS AIRCRAFT IS DESTROYED.

## 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 IAD04LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA043), Aug 22, 2004: Great Lakes 2T1-A2 (N1XG), Elkton, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misidentification of the runway, which resulted in the airplane striking an obscured runway marker. Factors were the tailwheel airplane's reduced forward and lateral visibility during…

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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