- Date
- May 20, 1979
- Place
- Oak Grove, VA · OAK GROVE, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2596PLake LA4
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790520014589A
- Case key
- 135867
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1569 79/5/20 OAK GROVE,VA LAKE LA4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1500 N2596P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 39, 8804 TOTAL HOURS, 10 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARBOR VIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAK GROVE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: GLASSY WATER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2596P
- Reported as
- Lake LA4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harbor View
N2596PRegistered now · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2596P · 1
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