- Date
- June 27, 1983, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2019LLake LA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830627027079A
- Case key
- 30903
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with a tree and landed gear up on floats after an engine failure. The pilot was cruising at 1000 ft MSL when the oil pressure dropped to zero and the engine seized. The acft collided with the tops of pine trees while approaching a nearby field. Examination of the engine indicated failure of the number 4 connecting rod with evidence that the nut securing the rod had come off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2019L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 353
- Airframe hours
- 1,020
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James R. Guest
- Registered owner
- John B. Castelli, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 24, 1982 · 31 hours before
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,701 total · 5 in this make and model · 2,561 as pilot in command · 141 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 7 nm away
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 N2019L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.