- Date
- February 4, 1987, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgman, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6686LLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870204002929A
- Case key
- 13729
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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.
Analysis
Plt was attempting to takeoff from a soft field. The gear caught a rise in the field and acft settled back to the soft ground tearing off the nose wheel and damaging both wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6686L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 449
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry L. Pfeiffer
- Registered owner
- Jerry L Pfeiffer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1987
- Destination
- C20 · Berrien Springs, MI
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 429 total · 124 in this make and model · 266 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N6686L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.