- Date
- September 2, 1973
- Place
- Betterton, MD · BETTERTON, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39365Lake 4-200
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730902027809A
- Case key
- 188653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2617 73/9/2 BETTERTON,MD LAKE 4-200 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N39365 PX- 0 0 0 CHECK AGE 52, 11597 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 166 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- IP BAILING OUT WATER FROM ACFT,STUDENT DIVERTED ATT TO IP ACTV,BOTH PLTS UN RECALL EVENTS PRE ACCI
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39365
- Reported as
- Lake 4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.