# NTSB MIA86LA043: Lake LA4-200, N2969P, Homestead, FL, December 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 15, 1985, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Coordinates: 25.490438, -80.510536 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4904&lon=-80.5105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31556
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31556/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA043

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise
  - exhaust system,clamp - failure,total (cause)
  - fuselage,skin - penetrated

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE ON A FLIGHT FROM MARCO ISLAND FL, TO OCEAN REEF FL, HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND ELECTED TO LAND AT HOMESTEAD GENERAL ARPT. UPON LANDING HE FOUND THE LEFT MUFFLER HAD SEPERATED FROM THE ACFT, STRUCK THE PROPELLER AND WAS DRIVEN THROUGH THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2969P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2969P), registered now, S/N 949, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Lake LA4-200
- Registry model: [Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4-200) (registry code 2400108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 SER A&C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (registry code 41511, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 949
- Airframe hours: 662
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Victor F. Horst
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 9, 1985, 44 hours before
- Departed: MARCO ISLAND, FL
- Destination: OCEAN REEF, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,533 total, 98 in this make and model, 2,483 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TMB, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851215063939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851215063939A), Dec 15, 1985: Conaer LA4200, Homestead, FL, Substantial damage. The left muffler assembly separated from aircraft, struck propeller, and driven through the fuselage. Landed safely

## Other investigations on N2969P (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA92LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA151), Jul 9, 1992: Consolidated Aeronautics LA-4-200 (N2969P), FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE DURING UNKNOWN PHASE OF FLIGHT FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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