# Accident 20190314001459A: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, San Diego, CA, March 14, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2019, 17:50 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8156° N, 117.1397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8156&lon=-117.1397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N101GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (registry code 3910101, https://openairdocs.org/model/great-lakes-2t-1a-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GREAT LAKES 2T-1A-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190314001459A

## Narrative

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

THIS IS A BIPLANE TYPE AIRCRAFT. THE AILERONS ARE HELD IN PLACE BY METAL STRAPS. THERE ARE TWO STRAPS FOR EACH TOP AILERON.TEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE INBOARD STRAP FOR THE TOP LEFT AILERON BROKE. THE OUTBOARD STRAP KEPT THE AILERON FROM DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT WING AROUND THE AIRLERON SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM THE AILERON BEING OUT OF POSITION. PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## 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 WPR19LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA114), Mar 15, 2019: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (N101GL), San Diego, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fracture of the aileron hinge strap due to fatigue crack propagation, which resulted in substantial damage to a wing rib aft of the spar at the outboard aileron cutout. Contributing to the…

## Other reports on N101GL (4)

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

- [Incident 20260713008949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260713008949I), Jul 13, 2026: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (N101GL), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. On 07/13/2026, [privacy data omitted], Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, the lead aircraft on a flight of 2 while taxing back to parking after landing at kmyf applied…
- [Incident 20170330002889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170330002889I), Mar 30, 2017: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (N101GL), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. CFI report--when cleared for takeoff, I handled the radio?s but gave the controls to logan. He taxied out very well, he had a lot of experience in tail wheel…
- [Accident 19811118074399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811118074399A), Nov 18, 1981: Amtrgl GREATLAKES (N101GL), Waco, TX, Minor damage. Ran out of fuel on a test hop ten minutes after takeoff. Wing struck a tree during emergency landing off airport.
- [Accident 19761026033449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761026033449A), Oct 26, 1976: Grtlks 2T1A2 (N101GL), Van Buren, AR, Substantial damage

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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