- Date
- August 25, 1980
- Place
- Highland Park, IL · HIGHLAND PARK, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6183VLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800825037869A
- Case key
- 129144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2291 80/8/25 HIGHLAND PARK,IL LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 726 TIME - 1200 N6183V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 648 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HIGHLAND PARK,IL WHEELING,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 9000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 82 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- 1200FT GRASS AREA.DA APRX 2300FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6183V
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6183VRegistered now · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.