- Date
- June 14, 1988, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wantagh, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6110VLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880614020129A
- Case key
- 36169
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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
The pilot was on a return VFR flight to republic airport after having repairs performed on the aircraft. The pilot stated that he experienced an engine power loss and prepared for an emergency landing with the gears retracted. The aircraft landed between two sand dunes and incurred structural damage. Post accident investigation revealed that there was no fuel on board the aircraft at the time of the accident. The pilot reported that the fuel gauge still read full when the power loss occurred after flying for about one hour.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6110V
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 800
- Airframe hours
- 1,021
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward J. Vallarella
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 22, 1988 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- New Bedford, MA
- Destination
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 313 total · 56 in this make and model · 108 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.