- Date
- May 11, 1985, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N477MGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6792
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated that he made a normal apch for a full stop, 3-point landing. During the landing roll, the acft began to vibrate & shake laterally. The plt reported that the vibration was caused by a tail wheel shimmy, but at first, he did not realize what caused the shaking. The acft began drifting, but it was too slow for rudder effectivenss, so the plt used differential braking. The acft then swerved off the rwy & flipped over. An exam & disassembly of the tailwheel did not reveal any mechanical failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N477M
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0770
- Airframe hours
- 523
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Norman F. Mcgowin, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1985 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- 4A3 · Greenville, AL
- Airport
- PRN · Greenville Muni, runway 32, 3,790 × 80 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,190 total · 66 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg