# Accident 20181230021809A: Cessna Aircraft Co LC41-550FG, Apopka, FL, December 30, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2018, 20:30 local time
- Place: Apopka, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7028° N, 81.5867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7028&lon=-81.5867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78JE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78JE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna LC41-550FG (registry code 2073320, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-lc41-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-C (registry code 17246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO LC41-550FG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,993 total, 284 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181230021809A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 30, 2018, ABOUT 2025 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA LC41-550FG, N78JE, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING AT APOPKA AIRPORT (X04), APOPKA, FLORIDA. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  NIGHT, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT TO X04. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GREATER BINGHAMTON AIRPORT (BGM), BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK ABOUT 1520.THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DEPARTED BGM WITH 102 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. FOLLOWING AN  UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT, HE SET UP FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33 AT X04. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH , HE OBSERVED ANIMALS ON THE RUNWAY. HE PERFORMED A GO-AROUND AND NOTED THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT PRODUCE FULL POWER WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED. WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, SO THE PILOT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES AND CAME TO REST IN A WOODED AREA OFF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.

## 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 ERA19LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA081), Dec 31, 2018: Cessna LC41 (N78JE), Apopka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during a go-around for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information, which resulted in a forced landing.

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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