- Date
- June 19, 1988, 19:30 local (Jun 20, 1988, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Clearlake, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6026VConsolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880619059409A
- Case key
- 26039
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported the airplane's right wing struck a swell during takeoff from a lake. The surface winds, however, were out of the southwest at 10 knots. The pilot had not flown within the preceding 24 calendar months. There were no reported airplane mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6026V
- Reported as
- Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 (LAKE LA-4-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 779
- Airframe hours
- 942
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Henning, Donald L.
- Registered owner
- Henning, Donald L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 13, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Destination
- 1O2 · Lakeport, CA
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.