- Date
- September 3, 1984, 18:32 local (Sep 4, 1984, 01:32 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3673LGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840903048799A
- Case key
- 24391
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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.
Analysis
During the third touch & go landing the certificated plt receiving dual instruction was at the controls when directional control was temporarily lost. The CFI in the front cockpit regained control. Shortly thereafter the plt under instruction applied heavy braking causing the acft to nose over coming to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3673L
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0820
- Airframe hours
- 669
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- California Aviation
- Registered owner
- Thrifteo Insurance Co.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 20, 1984 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Destination
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Airport
- Van Nuys, runway 34R, 4,000 × 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,047 total · 35 in this make and model · 906 as pilot in command · 317 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.