MIA06LA078 · Czech Aircraft Works Parrot
Czech Aircraft Works Parrot · Accident: partial loss of engine power (non-mechanical) during takeoff
From Naked Lady Ranch Airport (64FA) to Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL)
Event
- NTSB case
- MIA06LA078
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- API-reported fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Czech Aircraft Works Parrot
- Aircraft type
- Czech Aircraft Works PARROT
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N595PP
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Naked Lady Ranch Airport (64FA), Palm City, FLTo Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL), Lakeland, FL
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Takeoff · roll/run
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Partial loss of engine power (non-mechanical)
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
- Pilot in command › Aborted takeoff, not performed
Approximate · Coordinates from the NTSB case API, which marks them as estimated or does not say; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that the airplane had an adequate supply of fuel for the intended flight. During the takeoff roll the engine was only developing 4,300 rpm instead of the normal 5,000 to 5,200 rpm. The takeoff roll was longer than anticipated and after becoming airborne, climbed above the tops of trees. The climb rate decreased, and with obstructions ahead, the pilot maneuvered the airplane for a landing on another runway, then elected to land on the takeoff runway due to obstructions. The airplane landed hard which broke the right main landing gear, there was no observed damage to the engine mount or engine firewall. Examination of the engine revealed both bowden cables of the throttle control were bent forward of a junction block. With full throttle applied, cylinder Nos. 1 and 3 throttle was 4 mm from full open, and cylinder Nos. 2 and 4 was 7 mm from full open. Additionally, the hot air actuation lever at the airbox was separated from the shaft of the butterfly. NTSB examination of the airbox revealed the braze which secures the lever to the shaft was not completely around the shaft. The engine was started but only attained 4,500 rpm (maximum full power is 5,500 rpm). The airbox was then moved which allowed both throttle plates to open, and with full power applied, the engine attained 5,600 rpm.
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot-in-command to abort the takeoff after recognizing the engine was not developing full power during the takeoff roll. A contributing factor in the accident was the bending of the throttle cables which prevented full movement of the throttle control.
Verbatim NTSB analysis and probable cause from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record MIA06LA078
- Event ID
- 20060419X00454
- Case number
- MIA06LA078
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status, coordinates. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
- API snapshot SHA-256: 450b87d115f8259b8821e706ffffd310dbea2b9b72c8f8ecd13cfc5310c8bac8; retrieved 2026-09-21T08:59:25.773Z.