# NTSB FTW87LA154: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, N3564L, Baytown, TX, June 26, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 26, 1987, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Baytown, TX
- Coordinates: 29.739353, -94.959632 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7394&lon=-94.9596&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22388
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA154
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22388/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA154

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DRG THE LNDG ROLL, THE ACFT STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT, SO THE PLT CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER. HE SAID HE OVER- CONTROLLED, THEN APPLIED LEFT RUDDER & BRAKE, FOLLOWED BY RIGHT RUDDER & BRAKE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE SITUATION BECAME AGGRAVATED UNTIL BOTH MAIN WHEELS WERE SKIDDING AS THE PLT WAS TRYING TO AVOID A DITCH, THEN THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3564L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3564L), registered now, S/N 0803, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GREAT LAKES 2T-1A-2
- Registry model: [Great Lakes 2T-1A-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/great-lakes-2t-1a-2) (registry code 3910101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming GSO-435 SERIE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-435-serie) (registry code 41523, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0803
- Airframe hours: 666
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: H & R Aviation
- Registered owner: H & R Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 29, 1987, 31 hours before
- Departed: T41, LAPORTE, TX
- Airport: 54TX, Rwj Airpark, runway 8, 4,080 × 40 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 341 total, 7 in this make and model, 254 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 72 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870626027449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870626027449A), Jun 26, 1987: Grtlks 2T1A2, Baytown, TX, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing rollout. Veered off runway. Nosed over inverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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