- Date
- July 2, 1983, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1FQLake LA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830702039699A
- Case key
- 30920
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that during takeoff, the eng appeared to lose power at about 200 ft AGL, but the gauges showed no malfunction. The acft began to settle, so he elected to land on the rwy overrun area. Reportedly, the acft was landed successfully, however, while taxiing back across the overrun, the right main gear hit a hole & was damaged. Also, the nose gear collapsed. An eng run-up revealed no evidence of a malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1FQ
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 249
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William R. Breeze
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1981
- Destination
- 42J · Key Stone Hghts, FL
- Airport
- GNV · Gainesville, runway 6, 4,147 × 150 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,819 total · 28 in this make and model · 10,777 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.