- Date
- June 14, 1965
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1120LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177589
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1790 65/6/14 LONG BEACH CALIF LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1130 N1120L PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION 48, 23000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- AIRCRAFT PORPOISED EXCESSIVELY ON WATER TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1120L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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