- Date
- August 2, 1982, 15:33 local (19:33 UTC)
- Place
- Standard Rock, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6164VLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820802038729A
- Case key
- 72711
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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 encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water,roughFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Other gear collapsed
Landing gear,float assembly - overload
Aborted takeoff - performed
Analysis
After landing on a lake to fish, the water got rough, so the pilot attempted a takeoff. During the takeoff run, the left float hit a wave and broke off. The takeoff was aborted without further damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6164V
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 817
- Airframe hours
- 290
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360 A1B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don Johnson
- Registered owner
- Don Johnson
- Departed
- Marquette, MI
- Destination
- Omaha, NE
- Airport
- Lake Superior
N6164VRegistration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,606 total · 105 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.