# Accident 20170128002339A: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, Canon City, CO, January 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2017, 14:45 local time
- Place: Canon City, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4294° N, 105.1075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4294&lon=-105.1075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16GL) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 779 total, 62 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170128002339A

## Narrative

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

UPON RETURNING TO BASE AIRPORT AT FREMONT COUNTY AIRPORT , THE PILOT AND PASSENGER OF N16GL TUNED AND LISTENED TO THE AWOS WEATHER BRIEFING PROVIDED BY 1V6, PRIOR TO ENTERING THE PATTERN FROM THE NORTH. THE PILOT OBSERVED 2 AIRCRAFT AHEAD OF HER IN THE PATTERN, ALSO FOR RUNWAY 11 AT FREMONT. SHE RECALLS THE WINDS BEING REPORTED OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST (120@5KTS). A HIGH WING CESSNA LANDED BEFORE HER AND ROLLED OUT LONG. SHE MADE HER APPROACH AND MADE A WHEEL LANDING AND NOTICED HER SPEED WAS A LITTLE FASTER THAN USUAL, SO SHE KEPT THE TAILWHEEL OFF THE GROUND AND ROLLED OUT APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET. SHE FELT A BIT OF A GUST OF WIND, CORRECTED FOR THAT, BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT LOWER WING HIT THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT, RAN OFF THE RUNWAY, NOSED OVER AND FLIPPED. BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 GAA17CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA125), Jan 28, 2017: Great Lakes 2T1A (N16GL), Canon City, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s unstabilized approach.

## Other reports on N16GL (1)

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

- [Accident 20030716015779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030716015779A), Jul 16, 2003: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N16GL), Newman Lake, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) At approximately 2015 PDT, the aircraft was conducting a long final approach for runway 19 at the Ellerport Airport (WN54). The runway is 2600 feet long…

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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