- Date
- December 28, 1972
- Place
- Redington Bch, FL · REDINGTON BCH, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N261BLake LA-4P
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4031 72/12/28 REDINGTON BCH,FLA LAKE LA-4P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1608 TIME - 1545 N261B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDINGTON BCH,FLA ST.PETERSBURG,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- TKOF ON OPEN WATER WITH WAVE COND HIGHER THAN RECOMMENDED BY MANUAL.L FLOAT DUG INTO WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N261B
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N261BRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2004 · Lake LA-4PAirframe modelLake LA-4PEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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.