- Date
- March 20, 1980
- Place
- Blue Cypress, FL · BLUE CYPRESS, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3122PLake LA4200
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800320025739A
- Case key
- 132028
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1024 80/3/20 BLUE CYPRESS,FL LAKE LA4200 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N3122P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 180 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE CYPRESS LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FL BLUE CYPRESS,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED REMARKS- DEMONSTRATING SHARP TURN TECHNIQUE.LOST CTL WHEN FLOAT DUG INTO WATER.BOTH FLOATS DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3122P
- Reported as
- Lake LA4200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blue Cypress Lake
N3122PRegistered 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.