- Date
- April 24, 1970
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2040LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201176
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1734 70/4/24 HOUSTON,TEX LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N2040L PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 20, 1150 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 142 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOOKS MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT OPENING SIDE WINDOW,ACFT LEFT RWY AND HIT CULVERT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2040L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hooks Memorial
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.