- Date
- June 25, 1967
- Place
- Wilmington, OH · WILMINGTON, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2018LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116882
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0457 67/6/25 WILMINGTON,OHIO LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 2016 TIME - 1533 N2018L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF REMARKS- LAKE COWAN CONGESTED WITH BOAT TRAFFIC.SEAPLANE OPERATIONS FORBIDDEN EXCEPT IN EMERGENCIES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2018L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Cowan
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