- Date
- October 18, 1977
- Place
- Lancaster, TX · LANCASTER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6185LGreat Lakes 2T-1A
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771018031059A
- Case key
- 158643
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2883 77/10/18 LANCASTER,TX GREAT LAKES 2T-1A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 212 TIME - 1050 N6185L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANCASTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6185L
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lancaster
N6185LRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1A-1Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1A-1Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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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.