- Date
- October 16, 1986, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Belleview, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N320YBuhl LA-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861016079339A
- Case key
- 31812
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he had reached an alt of about 50 ft when the eng quit. He stated that while he was attempting to determine the cause of the problem, he stopped flying the acft & permitted a high sink rate to develop which was not arrested prior to the acft hitting the rwy in a hard landing. The owner of the acft stated that the acft held about 10 gals of fuel & that only about 2 gals were in the acft at takeoff. He stated the plt pulled the acft up very steeply after takeoff which resulted in fuel starvation due to fuel 'unporting'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N320Y
- Reported as
- Buhl LA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108
- Airframe hours
- 996
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Fergus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1985 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- FD04 · Leeward, runway 36, 6,200 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,816 total · 21 in this make and model · 1,689 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 50 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.