- Date
- February 7, 1981
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8004CLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810207004549A
- Case key
- 126497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1367 81/2/7 LOS ANGELES,CA LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1100 N8004C PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 35, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 100 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES HARBR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA TORRANCE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT.CONTD TKOF & LNDD SUCCESSFULLY.PLT RPRTD AREA CLRD SVRL TIMES,UN SEE OBSTN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8004C
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Harbr
N8004CRegistered now · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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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.