20070413006269A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Conaer LA4200 · Sarasota-Brade, FL · April 13, 2007

Date: April 13, 2007 · 11:08 local
Place: Sarasota-Brade, FL
Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N8543W
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA07LA074
Reported as: Conaer LA4200
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 958 total499 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N8543WRegistration cancelled Feb 9, 2010 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200S/N 1109 · Built 1985 Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) A lake LA-4-200, N8543W, collided with utility power lines while attempting an emergency landing at Sarasota/Bradenton international airport (srq) Sarasota, FL. The aircraft had just departed runway 4 at srq, when the pilot noticed the aircraft was not generating sufficient power to maintain flight. The aircraft managed to climb approximately 100 feet as the pilot executed emergency procedures and made a distress call to ATC. He attempted to land on a road that ran parallel and about 3000 feet from the departure end of the runway, when the left wing made contact with the power lines. The aircraft was substantially damaged with post crash fire and the pilot and passenger were seriously injured with compression fracture of the vertebrae. There was no flight plan filed which originated at Sarasota, FL, with a destination of bartow, FL (bow). The weather was VFR.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A LAKE LA-4-200, N8543W, COLLIDED WITH UTILITY POWER LINES WHILE ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SRQ) SARASOTA, FL. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST DEPARTED RUNWAY 4 AT SRQ, WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GENERATING SUFFICIENT POWER TO MAINTAIN FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT MANAGED TO CLIMB APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AS THE PILOT EXECUTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND MADE A DISTRESS CALL TO ATC. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A ROAD THAT RAN PARALLEL AND ABOUT 3000 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, WHEN THE LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WITH POST CRASH FIRE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF THE VERTEBRAE. THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED WHICH ORIGINATED AT SARASOTA, FL, WITH A DESTINATION OF BARTOW, FL (BOW). THE WEATHER WAS VFR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA07LA074Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSarasota, FLThe total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during initial climb after takeoff, resulting in a forced landing, and an in-flight collision with transmission wires and terrain.Apr 13, 2007 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N8543W · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19960331011729ILevel Off Touchdown · Wauchula, FLNarrative: aircraft landed at Wauchula Municipal Airport on 3-31-96, with its gear up. Robert kellett was receiving flight instruction from norval dawson at the time of the gear up landing. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The aircraft was subsequently…Mar 31, 1996 · Minor damage