- Date
- September 11, 1970
- Place
- Hernando, MS · HERNANDO, MS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7603LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1446 70/9/11 HERNANDO,MISS LAKE LA-4 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1715 N7603L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 27, 2486 TOTAL HOURS, 28 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE ARKABUTLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFF OBSVD SKIMMING JUST ABOVE WATER IN LVL FLT ATTITUDE,NOSE DIPPED INTO WATER,ACFT INVERTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7603L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Arkabutla