- Date
- July 10, 1987, 12:44 local (17:44 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel/Msp, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23JAGreat Lakes Adams 2T-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870710034079A
- Case key
- 13590
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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 amateur built aircraft impacted in an open farm field. Although witnesses did not agree on the altitude the aircraft was flying at, they all stated that the great lakes 2T-1 was spinning before it collided with the ground. One witness indicated that the aircraft was in a flat spin. The plt, who had 10 hrs of flt experience in this make and model aircraft, could not recall the events leading up to the accident. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any evidence of preexisting defects or malfunctions of the airframe or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23JA
- Reported as
- Great Lakes Adams 2T-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 54
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-U, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary A. Solfield
- Registered owner
- James A. Adams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 24, 1987 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- ANE · Blaine, MN
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,340 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.