# Incident 20080712847119I: Grtlks 2T1A, Pendleton, IN, July 12, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2008, 12:45 local time
- Place: Pendleton, IN
- Airport: North Lakeland
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0085° N, 85.7608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pendleton, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0085&lon=-85.7608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N647K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N647K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Great Lakes 2T-1A (registry code 3910106, https://openairdocs.org/model/great-lakes-2t-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: A.C.E. HIDR MARK III (registry code 00401, https://openairdocs.org/engine/a-c-e-hidr-mark-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRTLKS 2T1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 560 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080712847119I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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