- Date
- December 23, 1984, 13:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Naples, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14JVGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841223073139A
- Case key
- 31332
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Nose over
Analysis
After making a three point landing on the paved runway the pilot lost control of the acft, it veered left and ran off the rwy. The acft then struck a mound of sandy soil and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14JV
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0749
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald J. Zainer
- Registered owner
- Airent Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 23, 1984 · 91 hours before
- Airport
- APF · Naples Municipal, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N14JVRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 522 total · 23 in this make and model · 372 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.