- Date
- August 6, 1978
- Place
- Lexington, SC · LEXINGTON, SC
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6676LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780806022639A
- Case key
- 139260
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3011 78/8/6 LEXINGTON,SC LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 178 TIME - 1830 N6676L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING REMARKS- PLT STATED TKOF WITH FULL UP TRIM SETTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6676L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6676LRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2013 · Lake LA-4Airframe modelLake LA-4Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N6676L · 1
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