- Date
- May 24, 1986, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Clark, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N6190VLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860524019409A
- Case key
- 4666
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Missing aircraft
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Analysis
The aircraft crashed in Lake Clark, Alaska, and sank into 170 feet of water. There were no witnesses to the accident; the aircraft was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6190V
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 843
- Airframe hours
- 995
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jay A. Ofsthun
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 3, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
N6190VRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2013 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.