Lounsbery TAYLOR/COOT-A N24GL

Summary

On 27 December 1984 at about 14:25 local time, a Lounsbery TAYLOR/COOT-A registered N24GL was involved in an accident near Punta Gorda, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 December 1984 at 14:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Punta Gorda, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Lounsbery TAYLOR/COOT-A

Registration

N24GL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Punta Gorda → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA85FA067

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT WAS LANDED HARD, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AFTER COMPLETION OF THE FIRST TAKEOFF AND FLT AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE PLT SHUT OFF THE ENG, EXITED THE ACFT & INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE. HE THEN RESTARTED THE ENG AND TOOK OFF AGAIN.THE PLT STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT THE ACFT HAD LIMITED AILERON CONTROL DURING THIS 2ND FLT. UPON LOOKING THE ACFT OVER FROM THE COCKPIT DURING FLT, THE PLT SAID HE NOTICED THE ANTI-GROUND LOOP RODS WERE BENT AFT WHICH LIMITED THE AILERON TRAVEL SPACE. THE PLT FURTHER STATED THAT HE MANAGED TO FLY THE PATTERN BUT UPON REACHING THE BASE LEG, THE CANOPY CAME OPEN. WHILE THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE CANOPY, THE ACFT STALLED, SPUN & IMPACTED TREES/GROUND. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HOWEVER, A LARGE RUPTURE WAS NOTED IN THE FUSELAGE FUEL TANK. THE LEFT WING CONTAINED A 3/8' METAL ROD PROTRUDING DOWNWARD THAT WAS BENT AFT AND WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF HAVING SCRAPED AN ASPHALT SURFACE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.