- Date
- April 8, 1970
- Place
- Broomfield, CO · BROOMFIELD, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7640LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1818 70/4/8 BROOMFIELD,COLO LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N7640L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 2500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 24 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOMFIELD JEFFCO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOMFIELD,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- WATER LDG ON LAKE NEAR ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7640L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Broomfield Jeffco