Great Lakes 2T-1A N313Y

Summary

On 13 August 1987 at about 18:05 local time, a Great Lakes 2T-1A registered N313Y was involved in an accident near Bozeman, Montana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 August 1987 at 18:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Bozeman, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Edsall

Coordinates

45.7702, -110.9295

Aircraft

Great Lakes 2T-1A

Registration

N313Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Belgrade → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87FA216

1 person died.

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

74-YEAR-OLD PLT WAS PERFORMING AEROBATICS AT SMALL ARPT FOR LOCAL TV NEWS STATION TO PROMOTE WEEKEND AIRSHOW. PLT MADE RIGHT & LEFT PASS, EACH PASS CONSISTING OF SHALLOW DESCENT, PULLUP FROM APRX 150 TO 200 FT AGL, & SLOW ROLL. PLT BEGAN THIRD PASS FROM STRAIGHT & LEVEL ATTITUDE & ROLLED ACFT INVERTED. AT 180 DEG POINT, ACFT YAWED 30 DEG LEFT OF RWY CENTERLINE. AS ACFT ROLLED PAST 270 DEG POINT, IT SIDE-SLIPPED, LOST ALT RAPIDLY, & COLLIDED WITH TELEPHONE POLE, GUY WIRE, & COMMERCIAL BUILDING. PLT EXPIRED APRX 31 HRS LATER. NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURE/MALFUNCTION OF ACFT, ENG, PROP, OR FLT CONTROLS FOUND. AUTOPSY & TOXICOLOGY RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. WX WAS VFR. PLT HAD INNER EAR INFECTION IN LATE 1983. DOCTOR LATER DIAGNOSED IT AS 'BENIGN POSITIONAL PAROXYSMAL VERTIGO.' PLT WAS REPORTEDLY SYMPTOMATIC UP TO TIME OF ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.