# NTSB MIA82DA052: Great Lakes 2T1A-2, N3667L, Pembroke Pines, FL, February 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 18, 1982, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Location: 26.0013° N, 80.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PERRY (HWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0013&lon=-80.2407&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72183
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72183/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA052

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE PILOT TAXIING DOWNWIND AT A SPEED ABOVE NORMAL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL WAS SEEN TO RAISE AND THE AIRCRAFT TURNED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3667L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GREAT LAKES 2T1A-2
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0818L1916-51
- Airframe hours: 1850
- Engines: LYCOMING AEIO-360-B1G6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John M. Nunez
- Registered owner: Frank W. Hollingsworth
- Departed: HWO, PEMBROKE PINES, FL
- Destination: HWO, PEMBROKE PINES, FL
- Airport: HWO, North Perry

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 6,879 total, 61 in this make and model, 4,210 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 176 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HWO

## 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 19820218004609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820218004609A), Feb 18, 1982: Grtlks 2T1A2, Pembroke Pines, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot taxiing aircraft after landing allowed main wheels to go into depression and then applied brakes.

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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