# NTSB MIA71AM025: Lake LA-4, N7603L, Hernando, MS, September 11, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 11, 1970
- Place: Hernando, MS · HERNANDO, MS
- Location: 34.8496° N, 89.9924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hernando, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8496&lon=-89.9924&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 157393
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71AM025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71AM025

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LAKE LA-4
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lake Arkabutla

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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