- Date
- May 4, 1980
- Place
- Grand Haven, MI · GRAND HAVEN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6RLLightizer Lakes
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800504012819A
- Case key
- 130782
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1111 80/5/4 GRAND HAVEN,MI LIGHTIZER LAKES CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 365 TIME - 1400 N6RL PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 186 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND HAVEN MEML DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND HAVEN,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - SANDY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE CABLE AT CARB THROTTLE ARM FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6RL
- Reported as
- Lightizer Lakes
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Haven Meml
N6RLRegistration cancelled Mar 2, 2018 · Lighthizer BABY GREAT LAKESAirframe modelLighthizer BABY GREAT LAKESEngine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.