- Date
- July 23, 1977
- Place
- Tylertown, MS · TYLERTOWN, MS
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1220LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770723020089A
- Case key
- 146181
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2029 77/7/23 NR.TYLERTOWN,MS LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 711 TIME - 0930 N1220L PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TYLERTOWN,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- MADE STEEP ON LAKE TO AVOID DAM,WING STRUCK WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1220L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1220LRegistered now · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.