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FAA incident report · Grtlks 2T-1A · Pendleton, IN · July 12, 2008

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Date
July 12, 2008 · 12:45 local
Place
Pendleton, IN
Airport
North Lakeland
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N647K
Reported as
Grtlks 2T1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total560 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
N647KRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1AS/N 111 · Built 1930Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1AEngine modelA.C.E. HIDR MARK IIIReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On Saturday, July 12, 2008 at approximaely 1245 hours, aircraft N647K piloted by a private pilot landed on a private grass runway (IN31). During landing rollout the aircraft's lower right wing struck a telephone utility post on the north side of the grass runway. This turned the aircraft to the right and the right main wheel entered a ditch located along the north side of the grass runway. While the pilot was attempting to recover the aircraft the tailwheel struck a railroad tie that was lying along the north edge of the grass runway. The aircraft then turned clockwise, went into the ditch along the north side of the west of the runway and settled in a nose down/tail up position. There were markings in the ditch along the north side of the grass runway approximately 200 feet west of the telephone utility post that the aircraft lower right wing had contacted. Markings on the ground indicated where the aircraft propeller struck the ground and where the aircraft came to rest. The railroad tie that the aircraft tailwheel struck was located approximately 161 feet west of the telephone utility post that the aircraft lower right wing contacted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2008 AT APPROXIMAELY 1245 HOURS, AIRCRAFT N647K PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT LANDED ON A PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY (IN31). DURING LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT'S LOWER RIGHT WING STRUCK A TELEPHONE UTILITY POST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GRASS RUNWAY. THIS TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL ENTERED A DITCH LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GRASS RUNWAY. WHILE THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT THE TAILWHEEL STRUCK A RAILROAD TIE THAT WAS LYING ALONG THE NORTH EDGE OF THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED CLOCKWISE, WENT INTO THE DITCH ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE WEST OF THE RUNWAY AND SETTLED IN A NOSE DOWN/TAIL UP POSITION. THERE WERE MARKINGS IN THE DITCH ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GRASS RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET WEST OF THE TELEPHONE UTILITY POST THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOWER RIGHT WING HAD CONTACTED. MARKINGS ON THE GROUND INDICATED WHERE THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE RAILROAD TIE THAT THE AIRCRAFT TAILWHEEL STRUCK WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 161 FEET WEST OF THE TELEPHONE UTILITY POST THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOWER RIGHT WING CONTACTED.