- Date
- September 15, 2003, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Seymour, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N22TEGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Nashville FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030915025839A
- Case key
- 57944
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance during the final approach to land which resulted in an inflight collision with a tree.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot, she was attempting to land on the right side of a private airstrip. The pilot stated that during the final approach to land, the airplane drifted to the right of the runway and hit a tree. The airplane fell to the ground and the wheel of the airplane lodged into a dirt berm and nosed over. Examination of the airplane revealed the vertical stabilizer and the upper wings were damaged. The right landing gear collapsed. The pilot stated there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
On September 15, 2003, at 1515 eastern daylight time a Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, N22TE, registered to and operated by Trailing Edge Corp, collided with a tree and subsequently the ground while landing at a private airstrip in Seymour, Tennessee. The flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot was not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight originated in Morristown, Tennessee, on September 15, 2003, at 1500.
The airplane was enroute to Lawrenceville, Georgia, when the pilot decided to land at a private airstrip in Seymour, Tennessee. While in radio contact with a person on the ground, the pilot circled the airstrip. According to the pilot she made one practice pattern and a low pass. The pilot stated she "set up in the pattern again with the intention of landing to the right of center". According to the pilot the left half of the runway had been repaired, leaving a dirt surface. The pilot judged that the dirt surface "might have caused a differential problem". The pilot stated that during the approach to land, the airplane drifted to the right of the runway and collided with a tree. The airplane fell to the ground and the wheel of the airplane lodged into a dirt embankment and nosed over.
Examination of the airplane revealed the vertical stabilizer and the upper wings were damaged. The right landing gear collapsed. The pilot stated there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22TE
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 728
- Airframe hours
- 2,848
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Trailing Edge Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 2003 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- MOR · Morristown, TN
- Destination
- LZU · Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport
- TN20 · Seymore Air Park, runway 27, 2,300 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 13, 2003
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,797 total · 1,243 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 150 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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