- Date
- October 11, 1981
- Place
- Pinnacle, NC · PINNACLE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4008LGR Lakes 2T-1A2
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811011066219A
- Case key
- 123481
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2965 81/10/11 PINNACLE,NC GR LAKES 2T-1A2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 2283 TIME - 1530 N4008L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENSBORO,NC MT AIRY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- POWER LOSS 5-6 SECONDS AFTER ROLLING INVERTED.EQUIPPED FOR 3 MINS INVERTED FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4008L
- Reported as
- GR Lakes 2T-1A2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4008LRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.