# NTSB LAX72FUA40: Spencer S-12-D, N111DA, Avalon, CA, May 28, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 28, 1972
- Place: Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Location: 33.3440° N, 118.3214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avalon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3440&lon=-118.3214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166931
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX72FUA40
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72FUA40

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111DA-2013-08-05), registration cancelled 2013-08-05, S/N 001, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPENCER S-12-D
- Registry model: [Anderson SPENCER S12-E](https://openairdocs.org/model/anderson-spencer-s12-e) (registry code 05611FZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 6-285-A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (registry code 17038, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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