- Date
- June 21, 1980
- Place
- Lake Berryessa, CA · LAKE BERRYESSA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2977PLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800621034199A
- Case key
- 130391
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1472 80/6/21 LAKE BERRYESSA,CA LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 579 TIME - 1620 N2977P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE BERRYESSA,CA CONCORD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- WATER SWELL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2977P
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2977PRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2018 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200
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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.