# NTSB Accident MIA03LA080
> **Ditommasso-Keminski Great Lakes 2T-1A** · 2003-03-22 · Daytona Beach, FL, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA03LA080
- **Event ID:** 20030326X00391
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-03-22
- **Location:** Daytona Beach, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.078056, -81.044441
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Ditommasso-Keminski
- **Model:** Great Lakes 2T-1A
- **Registration:** N1980A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper preflight planning/decision to perform a second flight with known deficiencies in equipment, and his failure to maintain airspeed above the airplane's stall speed while maneuvering to reverse direction to land, after the engine subsequently ceased to operate, which resulted in a stall/mush, an inflight lost of control, an uncontrolled descent, and an impact with a ditch.

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