NYC86LA035

NTSB accident investigation · Lake LA4-200 · Millbrook, NY · November 15, 1985

Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
November 15, 1985, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
Place
Millbrook, NY
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N6195VLake LA4-200
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19851115072869A
Case key
30265

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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.

In flight collision with terrain/waterGo-around (vfr)
Airspeed - not obtainedPilot in commandCause
In flight collision with terrain/waterDescent - uncontrolled

Analysis

During a go-around the aircraft stalled and crashed on the airport.

Aircraft

Registration
N6195V
Reported as
Lake LA4-200
Category
Airplane
Serial number
848
Airframe hours
450
Engine
Lycoming I0360 SER, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Ali S. Ahmed
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Unknown · July 8, 1985
Departed
POU · Poughkeepsie, NY
Airport
44N · Sky Acres, runway 35, 3,885 × 20 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
41
Certificate
Student
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
74 total · 50 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
20° at 5 knots
Visibility
15 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
7,000 ft broken
Temperature
36 °F, dew point 30 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
POU, 7 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.