# Accident 19941006033739A: Airpts A4, Laporta, IN, October 6, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1994, 16:09 local time
- Place: Laporta, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6004° N, 86.7106° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6004&lon=-86.7106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1730H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1730H-1995-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Johnson A-4 (registry code 0564417, https://openairdocs.org/model/johnson-a-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A4
- Reported engine: AMTRVW HAPI50EVOLKS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941006033739A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

REPORTED POWER LOSS ON TAKEOFF. PROP SHOWS POWER AT IMPACT. WAS CLIMBING NOSE HIGH BEHIND POWER CURVE. STALLED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI95LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA006), Oct 6, 1994: Johnson A-4 (N1730H), Laporte, IN, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertant stall of the airplane while conducting a forced landing. A factor was the engine failure which occurred for an undetermined reason.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.