# Accident 20140803013149A: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, Frankfort, MI, August 3, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2014, 13:30 local time
- Place: Frankfort, MI
- Airport: Frankfort
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6228° N, 86.1981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6228&lon=-86.1981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80AM) (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: GREAT LAKES 2T-1A-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA428](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA428) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140803013149A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 3, 2014 AT 1330 EST, A GREAT LAKES 2T-1A-2 BIPLANE N80AM, REGISTERED TO OWNER IRISH EXPRESS LLC. CRASHED ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 FRANKFORT (FKS) AIRPORT,FRANKFORT,MICHIGAN.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED WINDS REPORTED 290/8 AT THE TIME,THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED AT THE SAME AIRPORT.  THE PILOT STATED HE DECIDED TO USE RUNWAY 33 AND REPORT HIS INTENTIONS TO AIRPORT UNICOM.  DURING THE FLARE TO LAND AIRCRAFT HIT VERY HARD ON TOUCH DOWN AND BOUNCED 30 DEGREES OFF RUNWAY HEADING,  PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND WITH FULL POWER APPLIED, WITNESS STATED LEFT WING APPEARED TO STALL STRIKING THE GROUND FIRST THEN CART WHEELED RESTING ON THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO FREE THEMSELVES FROM THEIR HARNESSES AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE HELP OF WITNESSES.

WITNESS REPORTED HE THOUGHT THE WINDS AT THE TIME WERE GUSTING 10 T0 20 KNOTS.

## 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 CEN14CA428](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA428), Aug 3, 2014: Great Lakes 2T 1A 2 (N80AM), Frankfort, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing in gusty, crosswind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot lack of recent tail wheel landing experience.

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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