- Date
- December 21, 1975
- Place
- Ringgold, GA · RINGGOLD, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1082LLake LA4200
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751221041909A
- Case key
- 152080
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4126 75/12/21 RINGGOLD,GA LAKE LA4200 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1608 N1082L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 47, 1691 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 82 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATAVIA,OH AUGUSTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 31 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- ACFT NOT ANTI-ICING,DEICING EQPD.ENG QUIT DRG DSCNT,MIXT CTL LEAN PSN.CRASH LNDD IN HILLY TRRN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1082L
- Reported as
- Lake LA4200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1082LRegistration cancelled Jul 29, 2013 · 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 N1082L · 1
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