# NTSB MIA98LA108: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, N3751F, Pierson, FL, March 25, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 25, 1998, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC) - Place: Pierson, FL - Coordinates: 29.229936, -81.460708 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2299&lon=-81.4607&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 8, 1998 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38477 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98LA108 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38477/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA108 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to note the windsock before touchdown which resulted in a downwind landing, and the pilot's improper elevator control. Factors were the tailwind and the pilot's complacency. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose over, landing - roll - wind information - not obtained, pilot in command (cause) - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor) - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The pilot had flown to the accident airport in formation with 4 other aircraft which had landed uneventfully on runway 23 with a reported tailwind of 4 knots. He did not look at the windsock before landing and after touchdown, during the landing roll with the elevator control stick full aft, he applied the brakes and the airplane nosed over. A weather observation taken from an airport 21 nautical miles away revealed that the wind was from 060 degrees at 10 knots. He further stated that he was complacent and he thought the landing was over. ## Factual narrative On March 25, 1998, about 1330 eastern standard time, a Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, N3751F, registered to RHW Ltd., nosed over during the landing roll at the Pierson Municipal Airport, Pierson, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the commercial-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 15 minutes earlier from the Spruce Creek Airport, Daytona Beach, Florida. The pilot stated that after takeoff he was flying formation with 4 other aircraft to Pierson, Florida. When the flight departed, the wind was from the northeast at 4-5 knots, and at the destination airport the wind was from 060 degrees at 4 knots. The other aircraft landed uneventfully on runway 23 and before landing, he did not look at the windsock. After touchdown during the landing roll, he applied the brakes and with the elevator control stick full aft, the airplane nosed over. He further stated that he thought the landing was over and he became complacent. A weather observation taken at the Daytona Beach Regional Airport, about 37 minutes before and 23 minutes after the accident, revealed that the winds were from 060 degrees at 10 knots and 040 degrees at 10 knots, respectively. The airport is located about 21 nautical miles and 104 degrees magnetic from the accident airstrip. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3751F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3751F), registered now, S/N 0756, 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: 0756 - Airframe hours: 603 - Engines: Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Robert H. Wahl - Registered owner: Rhw Ltd. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic - Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1997, 23 hours before - Departed: 44J, DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Destination: 2J8 - Airport: 2J8, Pierson Municipal, runway 23, 2,600 × 200 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 69; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: rear; flight hours: 2,196 total, 320 in this make and model, 2,059 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 37 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 40° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: DAB, 21 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 19980325004269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980325004269A), Mar 25, 1998: Grtlks 2T1A2, Pierson, FL, Substantial damage. Flight of 4 aircraft 3 landed rwy 23 this one nosed over when brakes applied landing. Tailwind complacent factors. (-23) pilot landed downwind on 2600' grass… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.