- Date
- June 23, 1983, 11:01 local (17:01 UTC)
- Place
- Gillette, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6029VLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830623035549A
- Case key
- 15993
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Analysis
The plt had recently purchased the acft. While on a x-country trip, he landed at an arpt with an elevation of 4363 ft & refueled. When he was taking off, the density alt was aprx 7089 ft & the acft was near its max gross wt limit. Shortly after lift-off, the plt radioed that he 'was having a little trouble gaining alt.' He then stated that the acft had problems & he didn't know what they were. A stall warning horn was operating as he was transmitting. The acft subsequently crashed in a nose down, left wing low attitude while at a relatively low airspeed. An exam of the eng, acft systems & flt controls revealed no evidence of a failure or malfunction. According to a Lycoming rep, the eng would have been producing a miximum of 79% of its rated power at a density alt of 7089 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6029V
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 782
- Airframe hours
- 614
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul C. Keith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- YYC · Calgary
- Airport
- GCC · Gillette Cambell County, runway 20, 2,970 × 75 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 484 total · 33 in this make and model · 347 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.