- Date
- September 4, 1995, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5761GGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950904028379A
- Case key
- 19572
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Probable cause
Failure by the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing roll, at the completion of a local area flight, the pilot's left foot slipped off the rudder/brake pedal. While regaining his foot position, he lost control of the aircraft and it nosed down on the runway, coming to rest standing on the nose. The pilot, with assistance, stood the aircraft back on its landing gear and pushed it to his hangar.
Factual narrative
On September 4, 1995, at 1130 mountain daylight time, a Great Lakes 2T-1A, N5761G, nosed down during landing roll at Boulder Municipal Airport, Boulder, Colorado. The commercial pilot was not injured and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this local area 14 CFR Part 91 flight and no flight plan was filed. The flight departed Boulder at 1030.
According to the pilot, during landing roll, his left foot slipped off the brake pedal and during the ensuing effort to get the aircraft under control he allowed the stick to ease forward. He said that when he applied back pressure, it had no effect and the aircraft nosed down and came to rest on the runway standing on its nose. The pilot said he exited the aircraft, and with help, got it back on the landing gear and pushed it to his hangar.
According to the pilot and the FAA inspector who examined the aircraft, the propeller blades, spinner, and upper left wing sustained damage.
Wind at the time of the accident was from 120 degrees magnetic at six knots. The landing was performed on runway 08.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5761G
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0831
- Airframe hours
- 558
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard N. Hall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1995 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 1V5
- Airport
- 1V5 · Boulder, runway 8, 4,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 400 in this make and model · 900 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 7 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.