Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 N6028V

Summary

On 5 July 2005 at about 18:06 local time, a Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 registered N6028V was involved in an accident near Conesus, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 July 2005 at 18:06

Classification

Accident

Location

Conesus, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Conesus Lake

Coordinates

42.7078, -77.6922

Aircraft

Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200

Registration

N6028V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Conesus → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

IAD05LA094

2 people were seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and collision with terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The instructor did not obtain a weather briefing prior to the flight. The student pilot took off from the lake in a southerly direction, and turned toward rising terrain to the east at the direction of the instructor. The instructor then suggested a turn back to the south, at which point the student announced that the airplane "would not climb," and transferred control of the airplane to the instructor. The airplane then struck a downward slope on the eastern side of the lake. The nose compartment, cockpit and cabin area were destroyed, and completely exposed. The wings, empennage, and tail were largely intact. Neither pilot remembers any problems with the performance or handling of the airplane, nor any portion of the flight after the transfer of the flight controls. Examination of weather radar data revealed a level 3-4 cell in the vicinity of the accident site around the time of the accident. The engine ran to about 65 percent power in a test cell after the accident, due to deteriorated ignition harnesses, and to 100 percent power after replacement of the harnesses. The engine was manufactured 20 years before the accident, and had never been overhauled. The manufacturer recommended that the engine be overhauled at 2,000 hours or 12 years, whichever occurred first.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.