- Date
- April 12, 1992, 17:41 local (22:41 UTC)
- Place
- Lee'S Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2032LLake LA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920412009729A
- Case key
- 15425
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Probable cause
A delayed aborted takeoff by the pilot in command. A factor in the accident is the presence of carburetor icing conditions.
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.
Analysis
The pilot of the accident airplane aborted a takeoff during initial climb. According to the pilot the airplane engine started surging after liftoff. He decided to land and was unable to stop the airplane on the remaining portion of the runway before running off the end and colliding with a ditch. A post accident inspection of the airplane and an engine test run disclosed no defects. Weather conditions conducive to the formation of carburetor ice (temperature 53 degrees, dewpoint 29 degrees fahrenheit) were present.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2032L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 365
- Airframe hours
- 1,050
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald L. Strahm
- Registered owner
- Ronald L. Strahm
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1992 · 7 hours before
- Destination
- 3IP · Independence, MO
- Airport
- K84 · Lee'S Summitt, runway 36, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,581 total · 8 in this make and model · 2,050 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVW, 13 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.