- Date
- August 12, 1978
- Place
- Mason City, IA · MASON CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3801FGreat Lakes 2T-1A
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780812025709A
- Case key
- 139991
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2141 78/8/12 MASON CITY,IA GREAT LAKES 2T-1A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2500 TIME - 2050 N3801F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MASON CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MASON CITY,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3801F
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mason City Muni
N3801FRegistration cancelled Jan 27, 2010 · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.