- Date
- February 9, 1992, 11:14 local (16:14 UTC)
- Place
- Leesburg, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6222LAmerican AA-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920209002419A
- Case key
- 33060
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed (vso) while maneuvering during a forced landing. This resulted in an in flight loss of control (stall) and in flight collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command's inadequate management of fuel.
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 private pilot was maneuvering for landing in VFR conditions when the engine quit. The private pilot declared an emergency and requested a different runway. The private pilot overflew the runway in a left turn to lose altitude. During the turn another pilot reported short final for the same runway and was informed by UNICOM radio to clear the area. The passenger with the private pilot informed her that the other airplane was not turning away. The private pilot began a left turn and attempted to climb. The airplane stalled and collided with the terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot was seriously injured and the passenger received minor injury. Examination of the airplane by the FAA revealed the right fuel tank was empty and not ruptured. The fuel selector was on the right fuel tank. The left fuel tank was not ruptured and full of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6222L
- Reported as
- American AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0422
- Airframe hours
- 2,221
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sindi P. Miller
- Registered owner
- Sindi P. Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1991 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- X-16 · Tampa, FL
- Airport
- LEE · Leesburg Municipal, runway 3, 4,162 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 616 total · 67 in this make and model · 579 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 35 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.