- Date
- August 6, 1972
- Place
- Riverside, AL · RIVERSIDE, AL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6652LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168786
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4035 72/8/6 RIVERSIDE,ALA LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N6652L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 5900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 610 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN MARTIN LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,ALA WEAVER,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- A STORM THE DAY BEFORE WASHED TREES AND TREE LIMBS INTO LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6652L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Logan Martin Lake
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