# NTSB MIA85LA189: Lake LA-4-200, Kissimmee, FL, June 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 11, 1985, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Location: 28.3062° N, 81.4135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kissimmee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3062&lon=-81.4135&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): 31412
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31412/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA189

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, climb
  - ignition system,magneto - cracked (cause)
  - fuel system,injector - blocked(total) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Lake LA-4-200
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 685
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 32; 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

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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