- Date
- June 1, 1982, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rockport, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1233LLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820601020099A
- Case key
- 72416
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A partial loss of power was experienced during takeoff and a forced landing was made on a road. As the pilot was landing, a car pulled out on the road ahead of the aircraft. While manuevering to the right to avoid the car, the right wing struck a road sign and the plane swerved into a ditch. The pilot stated that he took a fuel sample from his fuel tank and an examination by an independent laboratory revealed that it contained five percent jet fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1233L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 733
- Airframe hours
- 619
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Professional Contractors Inc.
- Registered owner
- Professional Contractors Inc.
- Departed
- Rockport, TX
- Destination
- Rockport, TX
- Airport
- runway 8, 4,500 × 0 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 396 total · 166 in this make and model · 296 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1233L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.