- Date
- August 8, 1981
- Place
- Hilo, HI · HILO, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N80091Lake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810808048019A
- Case key
- 123967
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2432 81/8/8 HILO,HI LAKE LA-4 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1100 TIME - 0740 N80091 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILO,HI CHRISTMAS ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLT OF 2 CIRCLING TO GAIN ALT.OTR PLT STATED ADDITIONAL FUEL TKS ADDED,220GAL CAPACITY,OVR MAX GWT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80091
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N80091Registration cancelled Mar 25, 2011 · 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.