- Date
- May 11, 1984, 10:27 local (14:27 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1119LConsolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840511016679A
- Case key
- 30993
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The eng was heard 'popping' & misfiring during the takeoff roll. About 1 min later while climbing thru 400-500 ft, the plt reported an eng failure & was cleared to land on any rwy. The acft entered a left turn, stalled & spun into a parking lot. An exam of the eng revealed that the eng fuel system (inline fuel filter servo control & fuel flow divider)contained dirt & corrosion contamination. The acft had received an annual inspection on 11/17/83. The eng fuel system was not inspected. The acft had flown 3 hrs since the inspection. The plt had just purchased the acft & had FLOWN1 hr in the acft the day before which ended with a gear-up landing. The last entry in the plt's logbook was a biennial flt review on 9/17/81. The previous entry indicated he had 1300 total hrs. On the date of the plt's last medical exam, 4/10/84, the plt indicated he had 1400 total hrs with no flt time in the previous 6 mos.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1119L
- Reported as
- Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 703
- Airframe hours
- 386
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Franklin L. Chase
- Registered owner
- Hallmark Realty Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1983 · 3 hours before
- Destination
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- FMY · Page Field, runway 23, 6,401 × 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 2 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.