# Accident 20090607007859A: Grtlks 2T1A2, Hamilton, TX, June 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2009, 18:00 local time
- Place: Hamilton, TX
- Airport: Muxworthy
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6983° N, 98.0964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6983&lon=-98.0964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3812F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3812F) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090607007859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT BECAME LOST.  PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AND ASK HIS LOCATION.  ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH PILOT HIT A TREE WITH LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  AIRSPEED DECAYED SO AS TO CAUSE STALL.  IMPACT WITH GROUND SHEARED PROP CRANKSHAFT AND AIRCRAFT PARTIALLY CARTWHEELED.  PILOT WAS UNHURT.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGED WAS SUBSTANTIAL.  PILOT REPORTED IT WAS THE THIRD AND FINAL LEG OF CROSS COUNTRY TRIP.  HE WAS NAVIGATING BY PILOTAGE AND DEAD RECKONING OVER A KNOWN ROUTE.  PILOT MEDICAL EXPIRED 9/2005.

## 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 CEN09CA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA349), Jun 7, 2009: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (N3812F), Hamilton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree while on short final.

## Other reports on N3812F (1)

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

- [Accident 19790701013729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790701013729A), Jul 1, 1979: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N3812F), Algona, IA, Substantial damage. Pilot started engine with throttle full open,released brakes to prevent acft nosing over on prop,hit parked acft.

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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