- Date
- April 9, 1981
- Place
- Laporte, IN · LAPORTE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2892PLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810409016599A
- Case key
- 126843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0442 81/4/9 LAPORTE,IN LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1584 TIME - 1545 N2892P PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP VALPARAISO,IN LOCAL LAPORTE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER REMARKS- PRACTICE LANDINGS ON LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2892P
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.