- Date
- December 10, 1984, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Griffin, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1046LLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841210067349A
- Case key
- 6720
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustion
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inadequateCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
The acft crashed during an emergency landing while on a personal x-counry flight. Inspection of the acft at the accident site revealed empty fuel sumps and fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1046L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 639
- Airframe hours
- 1,150
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Routh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 19, 1984
- Departed
- MQW · Mc Rae, GA
- Destination
- 2A9 · Peachtree City, GA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 235 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.