- Date
- August 30, 1978
- Place
- Foster City, MI · FOSTER CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2738PLake LA4200
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780830025959A
- Case key
- 140111
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2299 78/8/30 NR.FOSTER CITY,MI LAKE LA4200 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 242 TIME - 1600 N2738P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IRON MOUNTAI,MI FOSTER CITY,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2738P
- Reported as
- Lake LA4200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2738PRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2011 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.