# NTSB MIA87LA096: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, N3707F, St.Augustine, FL, February 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 28, 1987, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: St.Augustine, FL
- Coordinates: 29.760932, -81.299667 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7609&lon=-81.2997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31863
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31863/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA096

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GREAT LAKES 2T-1A-2
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0741
- Airframe hours: 1378
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 20; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870228003669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870228003669A), Feb 28, 1987: Grtlks 2T1A2, St Augustine, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft ground looped during an attempted go around. The inexperienced pilot released back stick pressure.

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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