# NTSB MIA84LA079: Harvey Condor 3+2, N44816, Lake Placid, FL, February 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 15, 1984, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Lake Placid, FL
- Coordinates: 27.290956, -81.359191 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2910&lon=-81.3592&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31079
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31079/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA079

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadvertent deactivation, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED IN A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PLT REPORTED THAT A PARACHUTE LINE CONTACTED THE ENGINE ON/OFF SWITCH AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N44816](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44816-2013-06-11), registration cancelled 2013-06-11, S/N 83-140-3-2, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HARVEY CONDOR 3+2
- Registry model: [Harvey Mitchell B CONDOR III + 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/harvey-mitchell-b-condor-iii-plus-2) (registry code 05675KQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Kawasaki ALL MDLS A/B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/kawasaki-all-mdls-a-b) (registry code 35500, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 83-1403+2
- Airframe hours: 5
- Engines: KAWASAKI TC-440A reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mitchell Harvey
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport: None

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 85 total, 10 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DBL, 47 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840215003779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840215003779A), Feb 15, 1984: Amtr CONDOR, Lake Placid, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Crashlanded in trees. Parachute harness caught on ignition switch and turned it off.

## Other investigations on N44816 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA85LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA114), Mar 10, 1985: Mitchell Harvey Condor III +2 (N44816), Lake Placid, FL, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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