- Date
- January 18, 1975
- Place
- Dyersburg, TN · DYERSBURG, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5027LLake LA4200
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750118001139A
- Case key
- 170720
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2276 75/1/18 NR.DYERSBURG,TN LAKE LA4200 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 5035 TIME - 1545 N5027L PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 232 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DYERSBURG,TN DYERSBURG,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- AMPHIBIAN SANK DURING DEMO OF CIRCULAR TAXI/TAKEOFF.WRECKAGE NOT RECOVERED.PLT THOUGHT R GR EXTDD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5027L
- Reported as
- Lake LA4200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5027LRegistration cancelled May 10, 2013 · 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.