- Date
- October 17, 1975
- Place
- Skagway, AK · SKAGWAY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5037LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751017040719A
- Case key
- 151310
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4175 75/10/17 NR.SKAGWAY,AK LAKE LA-4 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 350 TIME - 1231 N5037L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 117 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 11/6/75.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5037L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.