LA-4 A/B Buccaneer
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 1500; Flight Crew Type 190
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Aircraft
Climbing through 2;000 MSL after takeoff the engine failed. The LA4-180 with 2 souls on board glided down and landed on a highway 12 miles east of the departure airport. No one was hurt and no damage was done. The aircraft was fixed within hours and an A&P/pilot flew it off the highway and back to its base.The failure occurred because a fuel line nut became loose and vibration caused it to unwind itself; starving the engine of fuel.
When the engine of their LA4-180 failed; due to a failed fuel line connection; the Instructor and Student aboard made a dead stick landing on a highway not far from their departure airport.