- Date
- December 29, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Silver Grove, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N85020Lake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881229070099I
- Case key
- 7926
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - water
Object - submerged objectCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
During a takeoff run from the Ohio river, the right sponson collided with a submerged log. The a/c sustained minor damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85020
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1091
- Airframe hours
- 378
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William E. Hillard
- Registered owner
- William E Hillard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1988 · 52 hours before
- Destination
- Batavia, OH
- Airport
- Ohio River
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 604 total · 185 in this make and model · 432 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.