- Date
- March 29, 1981
- Place
- Luck Lake, AK · LUCK LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1557YCessna 172C
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810329015059A
- Case key
- 127057
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0823 81/3/29 LUCK LAKE,AK CESSNA 172C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 381 TIME - 1330 N1557Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUCK LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARD COVE,AK LUCK LAKE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.L WING CONTACTED WATER DRNG TURN AFT TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1557Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Luck Lake
N1557YRegistration cancelled Apr 11, 2013 · Cessna 172CAirframe modelCessna 172CEngine modelContinental 0-300 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.