- Date
- February 19, 1986, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Auburndale, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6221VConsolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860219003409A
- Case key
- 31482
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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 stated that just after passing lakeland, FL, his eng RPM began to fluctuate. He selected his aux fuel tanks but the RPM continued to deteriorate. He elected to make his forced landing on a small lake but not having enough alt to turn & land into the wind, landed downwind. Upon touchdown the acft flipped over & sank in aprx 14 ft of water. The eng was placed in a test stand & it ran with no discrepancies noted. Due to the acft being immersed in water the possibility of water in the fuel or fuel contamination could not be determined. Therefore the nature of the eng malfunction could not be determined as described by the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6221V
- Reported as
- Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 (LAKE LA-4-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 858
- Airframe hours
- 273
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Worth Financing & Leasing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- SPG · St. Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- GIF · Winter Haven, 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,561 total · 25 in this make and model · 2,843 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 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.