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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 · London, KY · May 18, 2015

Date
May 18, 2015 · 10:00 local
Place
London, KY
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N8003Q
Reported as
Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total15 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft landed without power on a road due to fuel starvation, without damage to aircraft or injury to pilot. No post crash fire. Fuel starvation was due to blockage of fuel tank cavity vent, and bladder being displaced from tank cavity, not allowing tank to be completely filled.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT POWER ON A ROAD DUE TO FUEL STARVATION, WITHOUT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO PILOT. NO POST CRASH FIRE. FUEL STARVATION WAS DUE TO BLOCKAGE OF FUEL TANK CAVITY VENT, AND BLADDER BEING DISPLACED FROM TANK CAVITY, NOT ALLOWING TANK TO BE COMPLETELY FILLED.

Other reports on N8003Q · 1

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