# Accident 20130827016819A: Consolidated Aeronautics Inc LAKE MODEL 250, Middle Grove, NY, August 27, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2013, 15:20 local time
- Place: Middle Grove, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0906° N, 73.9094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0906&lon=-73.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N522WB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522WB-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE MODEL 250 (registry code 2400111, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-model-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONSOLIDATED AERONAUTICS INC LAKE MODEL 250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA382) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130827016819A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE SARATOGA COUNTY AIRPORT RWY 5 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:17 HRS. EDT TIME FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE SOLE PASSENGER. VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ON CLIMB OUT, AT APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD BANG, AND NOTED SIGNIFICANT ENGINE ROUGHNESS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO DESCEND AT ABOUT 1200' PER MINUTE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT HE COULD RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND CHOSE TO LAND IN A FIELD NEARBY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, APPROXIMATELY 3NM NNW OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES IN THE CRASH, WAS TREATED ON SCENE FOR CUTS TO HIS FINGERS, AND HANDS. HE REFUSED TRANSPORT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OR EVALUATION.

EVIDENCE AT THE CRASH SITE INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED DOWNSLOPE (3-4 DEGREES) A SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE INTO THE CLEARED PORTION OF THE FIELD, GEAR UP. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 010 DEGREES, LEAVING A DEPRESSION OF APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES IN THE SOIL. MARKINGS ON THE GROUND INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET AND THEN PIVOTED COMING TO REST WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE AIRCRAFT POINTING IN A SE DIRECTION ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 120 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN THE LANDING TO INCLUDE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, FUSELAGE, AND UNDERBELLY. THE LEFT-SIDE WATER PYLON SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WING, AND THE ENGINE PYLON ALL BUT SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE DUE TO SIDE LOADING/MOMENTS DURING THE CRASH SEQULAE. ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES WAS PARTIALLY EMBEDDED IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CABIN. ANOTHER BLADE WAS EMBEDDED IN THE LEFT FLAP. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL WAS OBSERVED WIDESPREAD ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE AIRCRAFT, FORWARD AND AFT OF THE ENGINE MOUNTING LOCATION. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER 6 CYLINDER ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, RESULTING IN ENGINE DAMAGE, PERFORATION OF THE ENGINE CRANKCASE, AND ATTENDANT LOSS OF OIL. AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF AVGAS WAS PRESENT IN THE LEFT TANK. THE RIGHT TANK HAD NO FUEL VISIBLE, BUT THE SMELL OF THE VAPORS WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE PRESENTS OF AVGAS AT SOME PRIOR TIME. POWER WAS OBSERVED STILL APPLIED TO THE PANEL ALTHOUGH THE MASTER SWITCH WAS IN THE OFF POSITION, AND THE ELT WAS ACTIVE. THE BATTERY WAS EXPOSED BY ON SCENE PERSONNEL AND DISCONNECTED. THE ELT WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND DE-ACTIVATED.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT FLIGHT CONTROLS WORKED NORMALLY.

## 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 ERA13LA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA382), Aug 27, 2013: Consolidated Aeronautics Lake Model 250 (N522WB), Middle Grove, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s application of insufficient torque to the No. 6 cylinder connecting rod bolts during overhaul, which resulted in the fatigue fracture of the connecting rod and a subsequent…

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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