- Date
- January 11, 1984, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Montague, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35131Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24141
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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
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy and nosed over during landing. The plt acknowledged that there was no wind and the acft was 'flying ok.' He said he just lost control and ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35131
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 333
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Merle R. Duden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- SLY · Montague, CA
- Destination
- 105 · Montague, CA
- Airport
- Montague, runway 32, 3,360 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 66 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg