American Legend AL11C accident near Chicago, IL
On July 30, 2006, an American Legend AL11C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Chicago, IL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 30, 2006
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Aircraft
- American Legend AL11C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 41.776°N, 87.506°W
- NTSB ID
- 20060810X01149
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 30, 2006, at 1612 central daylight time, an American Legend AL11C, N848LC, collided with the waters of Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois, following a loss of engine power during cruise flight. The airline transport pilot (ATP)/certified flight instructor (CFI) on board was not injured. A private pilot on board survived the impact, but drowned. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from Wittman Field (OSH), Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at about 1400, and was en route to the Wadsworth Municipal Airport (3G3), Wadsworth, Ohio, with an en route stop at an unidentified airport south of Gary, Indiana. The private pilot purchased the airplane and had taken delivery of it during Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture 2006. The private pilot was relocating the airplane back to his home airport when the accident occurred. According to the private pilot's family he was going to OSH to pick up N848LC. They stated that pilot's flight instructor was supposed to fly the airplane back to Wadsworth, Ohio, but due to a schedule conflict the instructor was not able to make the trip. The private pilot's family stated he then contacted American Legend and arrangements were made for another pilot to fly the airplane back to Ohio with him. An employee of American Legend stated the private pilot/aircraft owner contacted him and stated that the person who was going to fly the airplane back to Ohio was not going to be able to, and that he was not comfort
Probable cause
The failure of both pilots to assure that the fuel cap was securely in place prior to takeoff which resulted in fuel siphoning and untimately fuel exhaustion. An additional cause was the decision to fly over the lake outside of gliding distance to shore along with the delay in diverting to refuel the airplane.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
