- Date
- April 16, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N84DDDenney Kitfox
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880416045599A
- Case key
- 32167
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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(total) - nonmechanical
Mixture - improperCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The plt stated that he was flying in the homebuilt acft area at the 'sun and fun fly in' when the engine quit. An attempt was made to land in a field, which he couldn't make, and came to rest in some scrub trees. The plt also stated that he had been having problems with the fuel mixture since he had been in Florida and that was the reason the engine quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84DD
- Reported as
- Denney Kitfox
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 006
- Engine
- KFM 112M, 62 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry D. Denney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- LAL · Lakeland Municipal
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,047 total · 700 in this make and model · 69 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.