- Date
- June 29, 1985, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hart, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N516LLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850629028609A
- Case key
- 13118
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a lake takeoff at near lift off speed the plt stated the acft struck a submerged log and became airborne at a low airspeed. The acft then dropped back to the lake surface, the right wing float dug in the water and separated the float from the wing. The stress also caused partial wing separation at the wing root. Loss of the float resulted in the acft rolling inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N516L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 538
- Airframe hours
- 1,115
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond Garritano
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1984 · 53 hours before
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
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 799 total · 66 in this make and model · 591 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKG, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N516L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.