Toman GREAT LAKES 2T-1AJ accident near Painesville, OH
On May 29, 1999, a Toman GREAT LAKES 2T-1AJ (airplane) was involved in an accident near Painesville, OH. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 29, 1999
- Place
- Painesville, OH
- Aircraft
- Toman GREAT LAKES 2T-1AJ · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.721°N, 81.240°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X18875
NTSB summary
On May 29, 1999, at 1334 Eastern Daylight Time, a homebuilt Great Lakes 2T-1AJ, N275J, was destroyed while performing low-level aerobatics near the owner's private airstrip in Painesville, Ohio. The owner, a certificated airline transport pilot, and the passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed for the flight, between Painesville and Geauga County Airport (7G8), Middlefield, Ohio. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector, the pilot and the passenger met for the first time, the day before the accident. After some conversation, the pilot offered to take the passenger and his family up on some airplane rides, to which the passenger agreed. On the day of the accident, the pilot first flew members of the passenger's family in another airplane, then departed with the passenger in the accident airplane. A videotape, reviewed by the Inspector, showed the passenger boarding the accident airplane. The airplane then started up, and taxied to the eastern end of the east-west grass airstrip. It departed to the west, and was next seen approaching the airstrip from the north. About mid-field, it turned left, and headed east, initially about 20 feet above the ground. At the eastern end of the grass strip, the airplane "abruptly climbed and entered into a left aileron roll." Approximately 3/4 of the way through the maneuver, while in a nose-down attitude, the airplane disappeared from the video. Almost simultaneously, there was
Probable cause
The pilot's improper decision to conduct low-level aerobatic flight, and his lack of adequate altitude for the maneuver attempted.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
