- Date
- April 10, 1983, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Shreveport, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N180GLGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830410012419A
- Case key
- 20861
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - groundFactor
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Analysis
According to the pilot, the crosswind landing and initial rollout were normal. Shortly after the tailwheel settled a sudden gust of wind of surprising strength caused the airplane to weathervane into the wind and toward a line of parked airplanes. To avoid a collision with the acft he applied brakes causing the acft to go nose down and over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N180GL
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0705
- Airframe hours
- 553
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold Q. Dailey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 8, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- DTN · Shreveport, LA
- Airport
- F33 · Lucien, runway 35, 2,625 × 25 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,239 total · 29 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.