- Date
- April 22, 1976
- Place
- Baytown, TX · BAYTOWN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1109LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760422010979A
- Case key
- 153337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1036 76/4/22 BAYTOWN,TX LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 101 TIME - 1550 N1109L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAYTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONROE,TX LEAGUE CITY,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 2 ROD BEARING FAILED. HIT LEVEE IN RICE FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1109L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Baytown
N1109LRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2011 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1109L · 1
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