# NTSB MIA85LA062: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, N14JV, Naples, FL, December 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 23, 1984, 13:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place: Naples, FL
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31332
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31332/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA062

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14JV), registered now, S/N 0749, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Registry model: [Great Lakes 2T-1A-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/great-lakes-2t-1a-2) (registry code 3910101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming AEIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (registry code 41522, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0749
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841223073139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841223073139A), Dec 23, 1984: Grtlks 2T1A2, Naples, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft veered off runway into soft berm and flipped inverted buring landing roll.

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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