- Date
- June 11, 1985, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CGIBBLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31412
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Ignition system,magneto - crackedCause
Fuel system,injector - blocked(total)Cause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditch
Analysis
The plt stated that just after takeoff, at about 800 ft alt the eng lost pwr. He then made an emerg landing in a fld and the acft struck a ditch during the landing roll. Post accident examination revealed both magneto cases were cracked and the #1 cly fuel injector nozzle was clogged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGIBB
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 685
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph Lapointe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1984 · 65 hours before
- Destination
- SAV · Savannah, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 852 total · 4 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 10 nm away