- Date
- August 1, 1986, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6169VLake LA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860801037019A
- Case key
- 4708
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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.
Analysis
During the climbout over the mountain ridge, the aircraft began to lose altitude eventually contacting the edge of the ridge. At the time of the accident strong winds and heavy rain was reported in the area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6169V
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 822
- Airframe hours
- 1,153
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C. Latham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1986 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,530 total · 630 in this make and model · 630 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.