- Date
- July 2, 1978
- Place
- Brenham, TX · BRENHAM, TX
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39800Lake 4-200
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780702017929A
- Case key
- 141820
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1381 78/7/2 BRENHAM,TX LAKE 4-200 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1300 N39800 PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 3107 TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALCO STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX BRENHAM,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39800
- Reported as
- Lake 4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Valco Strip
N39800Registration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Lake LA-4-200Airframe modelLake LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.