# NTSB MIA73FKJ09: Lake LA-4, N6652L, Riverside, AL, August 6, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: August 6, 1972
- Place: Riverside, AL · RIVERSIDE, AL
- Location: 33.6180° N, 86.2053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverside, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6180&lon=-86.2053&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 11, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168786
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA73FKJ09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKJ09

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6652L-1973-02-22), registration cancelled 1973-02-22, S/N 415 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKE LA-4
- Registry model: [Lake LA-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4) (registry code 5110302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Logan Martin Lake

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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