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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 · Kingsville, TX · February 27, 2011

Date
February 27, 2011 · 16:30 local
Place
Kingsville, TX
Airport
Kleberg County
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6196L
Reported as
Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
22,345 total150 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After takeoff. At 2,000 ft, aircraft started to vibrate. Pilot returned to airport and found the right horizontal stabilizer missing from aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKEOFF. AT 2,000 FT, AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VIBRATE. PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND FOUND THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER MISSING FROM AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N6196L · 2

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