- Date
- January 18, 1981
- Place
- Burnet, TX · BURNET, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3046PLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810118001899A
- Case key
- 127238
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0112 81/1/18 NR.BURNET,TX LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1000 N3046P PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION 50, 4864 TOTAL HOURS, 17 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE BUCHANAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURNET,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- L SPONSON CAUGHT WATER DRG STEP TURN.BOTH SPONSONS DMGD, FUSELAGE,RUDDER,GR DOOR DENTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3046P
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Buchanan
N3046PRegistration cancelled Jul 11, 1984 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200
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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.