# Incident 20120327003919I: Lake LA-4, Clewiston, FL, March 27, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2012, 12:00 local time
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7528° N, 80.9392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clewiston, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7528&lon=-80.9392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1166L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1166L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4 (registry code 5110302, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKE LA-4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 190 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120327003919I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IMMOKALEE (IMM) AIRPORT ON CLIMB OUT AT 1000 FEET EXPERIENCED ENGINE SURGING.  TURN ON FUEL BOOST PUMP AND CONTINUED CLIMB TO 2000 FEET.  WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO IMM AND DECIDED TO SET AIRCRAFT DOWN ON TO COUNTY ROAD  846 JUST PAST CROWS NEST GROVE RD. IN HENDRY COUNTY FLORIDA

## Other reports on N1166L (2)

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

- [Accident 20240725009249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240725009249A), Jul 25, 2024: Lake LA-4 (N1166L), Catskill, NY, Substantial damage. On 07/25/2024, a Lake amphibious LA-4 aircraft, with only the pilot on board, operated a personal flight under 14 CFR part 91 and was departing northbound from…
- [Incident 20120409004429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120409004429I), Apr 9, 2012: Lake LA-4 (N1166L), Clewiston, FL, Minor damage. While in curise flight engine blew a cyclinder.

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.

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