- Date
- January 17, 1976
- Place
- Kasitsna Bay, AK · KASITSNA BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39386Lake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760117008779A
- Case key
- 152596
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0041 76/1/17 KASITSNA BAY,AK LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1240 N39386 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 55, 11587 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMER,AK KASITSNA BAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF CHECK PILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECK PILOT - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- WINDSHIELD PARTLY FOGGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39386
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N39386Registration cancelled Jan 14, 2023 · Lake LA-4-200Airframe modelLake LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.