# NTSB FTW73FPD07: Lake LA-4, N5021L, Saginaw, TX, August 28, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 28, 1972
- Place: Saginaw, TX · SAGINAW, TX
- Location: 32.8657° N, 97.3657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saginaw, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8657&lon=-97.3657&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 17, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168414
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW73FPD07
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FPD07

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3272  72/8/28    SAGINAW,TEX         LAKE LA-4           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 322
        TIME - 1600                    N5021L              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 134 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT -  EAGLE MTN LAKE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FT.WORTH,TEX                SAGINAW,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- SUBMERGED OBJECT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5021L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5021L-1996-06-14), registration cancelled 1996-06-14, S/N 478 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKE LA-4
- Registry model: [Lake LA-4-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (registry code 5110310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport:  Eagle Mtn Lake

## Other investigations on N5021L (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD77FID05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FID05), Nov 5, 1976: Lake LA-200 (N5021L), South Boston, VA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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