# Accident 20240728022422A: Great Lakes 2T-1E, Rhinebeck, NY, July 28, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2024, 16:05 local time
- Place: Rhinebeck, NY
- Airport: Old Rhinebeck Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9704° N, 73.8621° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9704&lon=-73.8621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N108CH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N108CH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Great Lakes 2T-1E (registry code 3910108, https://openairdocs.org/model/great-lakes-2t-1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GREAT LAKES 2T-1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,051 total, 15 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240728022422A

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN FORMATION FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT 1 OVERTOOK AND DESCENDED ONTO AIRCRAFT 2, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER OF AIRCRAFT 2, CAUSING IT TO LOSE THRUST. AIRCRAFT 2 THEN EXECUTED A CONTROLLED LANDING ONTO TREETOPS, FELL TO THE GROUND, AND WAS DESTROYED. AIRCRAFT 1 LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, WITH MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1041U, Bucker Jungmann BU-131: no report for this aircraft; [N1041U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1041U) is registered now

## 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 ERA24LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA332), Jul 28, 2024: Great Lakes 2T-1E (N108CH), Red Hook, NY, minor damage. Probable cause: The Great Lakes pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from the Bucker Jungmann while maneuvering during an air show, which resulted in a midair collision, the inability of the Bucker…

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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