- Date
- February 28, 1987, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- St.Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3707FGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870228003669A
- Case key
- 31863
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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.
Hard landing
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Lack of recent experience in kind of aircraftCause
Recovery from bounced landing - attemptedCause
Go-around - attemptedFactor
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Nose over
Analysis
The private pilot stated that while attempting a landing the conventional gear aircraft bounced. He initiated a go around and when he added power the aircraft swerved left, ground looped and flipped over. The pilot stated that when he added power he relaxed the back pressure on the control stick.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3707F
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0741
- Airframe hours
- 1,378
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fox Flight Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 16, 1986 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- SGF · St.Augustine, FL
- Airport
- SGF · St. Augusting, runway 13, 7,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 3 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 24 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.