- Date
- October 7, 1984, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waurika, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6685LLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841007075669A
- Case key
- 21600
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to witnesses, the acft nose was too low at water contact on lndg touchdown and the nose and right pontoon dug into the water. The acft swerved abruptly to the right, flipped inverted and sank. No logs or other floating debris were located during a post mishap check of the area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6685L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 448
- Airframe hours
- 1,389
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom Wilkerson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 11, 1983 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- OK08 · Lawton, OK
- Destination
- Waurika Lake, OK
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,364 total · 176 in this make and model · 6,248 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FSI, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.