- Date
- October 28, 1989, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N771VYGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891028045099A
- Case key
- 36579
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentFactor
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The great lakes 2T-1A-2 flipped over after one wheel left the right side of the runway and encountered soft terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N771VY
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0742
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dominic H. Aldi, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 1988 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- 1N7 · Blairstown, NJ
- Destination
- N40 · Pittstown, NJ
- Airport
- N40 · Sky Manor, runway 24, 2,439 × 50 ft, asphalt
N771VYRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,162 total · 42 in this make and model · 1,752 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.