Plane Crash List

Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 N180GL

10 April 1983 · Shreveport, Louisiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 April 1983 at about 22:30 local time, a Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 registered N180GL was involved in an accident near Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 22:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Nearest airport
Lucien (F33)
Coordinates
32.3802, -93.7302
Aircraft
Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
Registration
N180GL
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Shreveport → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW83LA185

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE CROSSWIND LANDING AND INITIAL ROLLOUT WERE NORMAL. SHORTLY AFTER THE TAILWHEEL SETTLED A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND OF SURPRISING STRENGTH CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO WEATHERVANE INTO THE WIND AND TOWARD A LINE OF PARKED AIRPLANES. TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE ACFT HE APPLIED BRAKES CAUSING THE ACFT TO GO NOSE DOWN AND OVER ON ITS BACK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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