# Accident 20160916015659A: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, Port St. Lucie, FL, September 16, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2016, 19:35 local time
- Place: Port St. Lucie, FL
- Airport: Treasure Coast Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2408° N, 80.4883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2408&lon=-80.4883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3771F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3771F) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,200 total, 65 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA510](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA510) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160916015659A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2016, ABOUT 1935 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A GREAT LAKES 2T-1A-2, TWO PLACE TANDEM BI-PLANE WITH A STANDARD CATEGORY CERTIFICATE, N3771F, INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER UNDERSHOOTING RUNWAY 9, AT THE TREASURE COAST AIRPARK (FL37), IN PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA. THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED ON THE GRASS STRIP AND VEERED ONTO A NON-MOVEMENT AREA STRIKING A CULVERT WHERE THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG, ANTENNAS AND RIGHT LOWER WING BRACES AND RIBS. THE AIRCRAFT RECENTLY PURCHASED LEFT FT. LAUDERDALE (FXE), DEPARTING AROUND 6PM WITH A 7PM ARRIVAL AROUND DUSK; WHEREAS THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR AS WELL AS, LANDING AT AN UNFAMILIAR AIRPORT BUT, THIS CANNOT BE SUBSTANTIATED. THE AIRPORT IS PRIVATE AND LOCATED IN A SMALL FLY IN COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN EAST-WEST GRASS RUNWAY.  THE PILOT STATED ON ARRIVAL HE IDENTIFIED BOTH A PAVED SURFACE AS WELL AS THE GRASS STRIP AND RECOGNIZED THE X?S PROHIBITED  LANDING ON THE ROAD SURFACE AND LATER DETERMINED THE AREA DESCRIBED WAS A TAXIWAY. THIS PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT IS FLOWN FROM THE BACK SEAT THEREFORE, LIMITS FORWARD VIEW IN THE LANDING CONFIGURATION. THE PIC ALSO STATED THAT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE RUNWAY APPEARED IN GOOD ORDER, NO STANDING WATER WAS EVIDENT SO, BEGAN HIS FLARE AND LANDED NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT TRACKED STRAIGHT, SLOWING NORMALLY THEN SOMEHOW VEERED IMPACTING THE DRAINAGE PIPE (CULVERT). GROUND SCARS SHOW THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED FORWARD AS STATED. THE GROUND APPEARED MOIST HOWEVER; NO SATURATION OF STANDING WATER WAS EVIDENT AND, WAS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

## 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 GAA16CA510](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA510), Sep 16, 2016: Great Lakes 2T1A (N3771F), Port St. Lucie, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to avoid the drainage pipe during the landing roll on a private grass airstrip. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's reduced forward view from the rear seat.

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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