- Date
- June 12, 1982, 18:39 local (22:39 UTC)
- Place
- Canandaiqua, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6056VLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820612023739A
- Case key
- 70121
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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
While taking off, an intermittent power loss was encountered. According to the pilot, the aircraft settled and bounced on a paved road at the end of the runway, then engine power returned and the plane began climbing again. At about 60 to 70 ft AGL, power was lost again. While landing, the left wing hit a 3 inch diameter tree. Subsequently, the plane yawed to the left and the right wing and right main landing gear impacted into the ground. The intermittent operation was verified during an engine run-up. A partial disassembly revealed no cause for the problem. When reassembled, the engine operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6056V
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 786
- Airframe hours
- 545
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Meaott Const. Company
- Registered owner
- Meaott Const. Company
- Departed
- Canandaiqua, NY
- Destination
- Canandaiqua, NY
- Airport
- Hopewell Air Park, runway 33, 1,700 × 0 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 400 in this make and model · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.