- Date
- May 28, 1972
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N111DASpencer S-12-D
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2082 72/5/28 AVALON,CALIF SPENCER S-12-D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 75, 5000 TIME - 1150 N111DA PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AVALON,CALIF TORRANCE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER REMARKS- NUMEROUS BOATS ON WATER,CHANGED COURSE,HIT WAVE COLLAPSING WING FLOAT,HIT BOAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111DA
- Reported as
- Spencer S-12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N111DARegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Anderson SPENCER S12-EAirframe modelAnderson SPENCER S12-EEngine modelContinental 6-285-A
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.