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MIA92LA078

1992-02-09 · LEESBURG, Florida, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport LEE

N6222L has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PADELT B/KING J P-90, built 1999), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED (VSO) WHILE MANEUVERING DURING A FORCED LANDING. THIS RESULTED IN AN IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL (STALL) AND IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADEQUATE MANAGEMENT OF FUEL.

Factual narrative

THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS MANEUVERING FOR LANDING IN VFR CONDITIONS WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PRIVATE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED A DIFFERENT RUNWAY. THE PRIVATE PILOT OVERFLEW THE RUNWAY IN A LEFT TURN TO LOSE ALTITUDE. DURING THE TURN ANOTHER PILOT REPORTED SHORT FINAL FOR THE SAME RUNWAY AND WAS INFORMED BY UNICOM RADIO TO CLEAR THE AREA. THE PASSENGER WITH THE PRIVATE PILOT INFORMED HER THAT THE OTHER AIRPLANE WAS NOT TURNING AWAY. THE PRIVATE PILOT BEGAN A LEFT TURN AND ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB. THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURY. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE FAA REVEALED THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND NOT RUPTURED. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE RIGHT FUEL TANK. THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS NOT RUPTURED AND FULL OF FUEL. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_MIA92LA078.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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