- Date
- April 28, 1984, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Harbor, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9391LAmerican AA-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840428014799A
- Case key
- 31132
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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 plt adjusted the mixture twice during his descent from 2500 ft MSL. The second adjustment killed the engine and a forced landing was made in a sugar cane field. Post accident examination revealed that the engine mixture control cable was broken. A replacement cable had been installed in compliance with AD-75-09-07 only 89 acft hours ago.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9391L
- Reported as
- American AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0091
- Airframe hours
- 1,740
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Curtis Bogle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1984 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- FXE · Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- 215 · Clewiston, FL
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 45 in this make and model · 110 as pilot in command · 74 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 40 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.