- Date
- September 23, 1985, 12:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Medley, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1401KAerofab Lake LA-4-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850923061319A
- Case key
- 31268
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The non seaplane rated plt whose airman certificate was under suspension. Attempted a downwind take-off from an intermediate point on the lake's surface. The plt stated he thought the non seaplane rated plt/pax attempted to abort the take-off by closing the throttle after stating that he, the plt/pax, thought we weren't going to make it. The acft collided with a dirt & rock bank at the lake's edge & flipped upside down out of the lake & unto the shore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1401K
- Reported as
- Aerofab Lake LA-4-250 (LAKE LA-4-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 42
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 1 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Samuel C. Stoia
- Registered owner
- Brinson Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TMP · Miami, 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 6 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.