- Date
- August 14, 1983, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Stow, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N80044Lake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814041009A
- Case key
- 35109
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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
During takeoff, the plt encountered a noticeable loss of power & lowered the nose to maintain airspeed. The acft continued to lose altitude, so he selected an open field for an emergency landing. While landing on uneven terrain, the left wing struck the ground & the acft cartwheeled. An on site investigation & a subsequent eng run-up revealed no discrepancies that would have caused the power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80044
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1032
- Airframe hours
- 271
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald F. O'Grady
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1983 · 36 hours before
- Airport
- 6B6 · Minuteman, runway 3, 2,800 × 48 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 275 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 12 knots
- Temperature
- -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BED, 15 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.