20101009048179A

ON OCTOBER 09, 2010 AT 1500 LCL I WAS CONTACTED BY THE ROC AND PATCHED INTO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF LAWRENCEVILLE FIRE AND RESCUE. I WAS ADVISED THAT AN ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED INVOLVING N89331 A TWO PLACE ERCOUPE MODEL 415, DURING TAKEOFF FROM LAWRENCEVILLE (LZU) AIRPORT AT 1407 LCL. I ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 1530 LCL . THE PILOT IN COMMAND, MR. TIMOTHY QUINTON BLAKE HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED TO GWINNETT COUNTY HOSPITAL AND PERISHED DUE TO INJURIES FROM THE CRASH. NTSB REP ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADVISED ME THAT THE NTSB WOULD NOT BE ON SCENE AND WOULD PROVIDE LIMITED SUPPORT VIA TELEPHONE. ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS MR. BLAKE THE PIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO DEPART RUNWAY 25 AT LZU AND CRASHED ACROSS THE STREET ON INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE. THE LAWRENCEVILLE TOWER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY. THE WITNESS STATEMENTS ALL INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS JUST BARELY AIRBORNE AND SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS NOT PRODUCING FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT OSCILLATED THEN BANKED LEFT, LEVELED OFF AS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE LEFT WING DOWN NEAR ADDRESS 401. WITNESS STATED THAT MR. BLAKE HAD SOLD HIS AIRCRAFT AND HAD BEEN WORKING ON IT. THERE HAD BEEN COMMENTS THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT MAKING POWER AND MR. BLAKE HAD THE COWLING OFF WORKING ON THE ENGINE. THE CRASH OCCURRED AT 1407 LOCAL AND THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED AT 1430. INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE ACCIDENT SITE CONFIRMS THAT THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE 90 DEGREES TO THE ROAD. PAINT FROM THE LEFT WING MATCHES THE SCRAPING ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AND SKIDDED INTO AN EMBANKMENT 12 FEET FROM THE ROAD EDGE, COMPRESSED AND TRAVELLED ANOTHER 60 FEET INTO A SECURITY FENCE AND CAME TO REST IN THE PARKING LOT. THE WING FUEL TANKS WERE RUPTURED AND EVIDENCE OF FUEL WAS PRESENT UP THE EMBANKMENT TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THE NOSE SECTION WAS CRUSHED DOWNWARD INDICATING THE INITIAL COMPRESSION. THE SPINNER WAS CRUSHED TO THE PROPELLER HUB. THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE DEFLECTED REARWARD AND SOME CHORD WISE MARS INDICATED SOME ROTATION. THE PROPELLER DID NOT EXHIBIT SIGNS OF HIGH POWER ON IMPACT. THE ENGINE COWLING WAS POPPED OPEN AT THE TOP AND THE MAIN FUEL CAP WAS MISSING. THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS DEFLECTED DOWNWARD AND BENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FUEL WAS PRESENT IN THE MAIN TANK AND THE GAS CAP GASKET WAS LOCATED NEAR THE INITIAL IMPACT AREA. THE WINDSHIELD WAS POPPED AND BROKEN OUT. BLOOD SPATTERS ON THE RIGHT CORNER AREA OF THE WINDSHIELD CONFIRM THE RADIAL FORCES AND ANGLE OF THE MOVEMENT. THE LEFT WING WAS BROKEN FROM THE INBOARD ATTACHMENTS AND BENT SLIGHTLY FORWARD. THE TIP WAS COMPRESSED 36 INCHES FROM THE TIP CONSISTENT WITH THE INITIAL IMPACT. A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT AND THE WING TANKS WERE RUPTURED. THE FIRST RESPONDERS HAD PLACED ABSORBENT MATERIAL ALL AROUND THE AIRCRAFT. THE WINGS WERE PLACARDED FOR AUTO FUEL. THE NOSE GEAR WAS COLLAPSED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT NOSE. THE LEFT LOWER FUSELAGE WAS RIPPED OPEN ALONG THE LOWER AREA FORWARD OF THE WING SPAR. THE COCKPIT AREA WAS COMPRESSED FROM IMPACT OF THE PIC AND THE CONTROL WHEEL WAS COMPRESSED AND BENT TOWARDS THE LEFT. THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR INDICATED 45 MPH. THE MAGNETIC COMPASS WAS INDICATING 250 DEGREES. THE PRIMER WAS IN AN LOCKED. THE VSI INDICATED 400 FPM CLIMB. THE TACH INDICATED 1828.02 HOURS. THE MIXTURE CONTROL WAS FULL RICH, CARB HEAT OFF AND THE THROTTLE POSITION APPROXIMATELY HALF. NO SHOULDER HARNESS WAS INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT. ACCORDING TO FIRST RESPONDERS THE PIC WAS IN HIS LAP BELT AND THEY RELEASED IT. THE CABIN WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT AND AHEAD OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT AILERON WAS INTACT IN POSITION AND BENT FROM THE WING DEFLECTION. THE AILERON HINGE POINTS WERE INTACT. THE LEFT REAR SPAR WAS SEPARATED FROM THE REAR WING ATTACHMENT. THE TAIL SECTION WAS INTACT AND CREASED FROM IMPACT FORCES. THE LEFT RUDDER WAS BENT SLIGHTLY AT THE BOTTOM. BOTH MAIN GEAR WERE CRUSHED REARWARD FROM COMPRESSION. THE LEFT