- Date
- July 15, 1987, 22:30 local (Jul 16, 1987, 06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cool Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1135LLake LA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870715034859A
- Case key
- 4872
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Airspeed(v2) - not maintainedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the takeoff on the lake the aircraft would not lift off the water and he lost directional control of the aircraft causing it to collide with the lake shore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1135L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 297
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Keith Perrin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 19, 1987 · 14 hours before
- 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 297 total · 73 in this make and model · 260 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °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.