- Date
- August 24, 1980
- Place
- Hewitt Lake, AK · HEWITT LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1108LLake 4-200
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800824037789A
- Case key
- 129215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2637 80/8/24 HEWITT LAKE,AK LAKE 4-200 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 245 TIME - 1845 N1108L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,AK HEWITT LAKE,AK SKWENTNA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1108L
- Reported as
- Lake 4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1108LRegistration cancelled Jun 6, 1981 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4
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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.