- Date
- April 11, 1979
- Place
- Dayton, MD · DAYTON, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6158YLake LA4200
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0978 79/4/11 DAYTON,MD LAKE LA4200 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 1619 TIME - 1944 N6158Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1453 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELTON,CN GAITHERSBURG,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6158Y
- Reported as
- Lake LA4200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage