- Date
- July 6, 1980
- Place
- Byron Center, MI · BYRON CENTER, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1214LLake 4-200
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800706023729A
- Case key
- 129229
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2461 80/7/6 BYRON CENTER,MI LAKE 4-200 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 980 TIME - 0745 N1214L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 191 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH KENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND RAPIDS,MI LANCASTER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL INJ NOZZLES PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1214L
- Reported as
- Lake 4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Kent
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.