- Date
- July 14, 1984, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hollywood, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8001ELake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840714032579A
- Case key
- 31005
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After arriving at south lake, the plt made a water landing on a westerly heading. He stated that he was attempting a step-landing & after touching down, the acft traveled about 100 ft, then the control yoke was jerked from his hands. He & the passengers stated that it felt like the nose collapsed & the acft flipped over. A witness stated that he distinctly remembered observing that the gear was retracted. The nose & left main gear were found in the up & locked position. The right main gear was unlocked, but it was damaged. The right wing float had separated, its mounting brackets were bent aft & inboard. Also, the outer portion of the right wing was deformed upward & aft. About 10 mi north at ft lauderdale, FL, the 1342 EDT wind was from 120 deg at 9 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8001E
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 992
- Airframe hours
- 352
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arthur A Spengler, doing business as Jetstar Aviation
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Pierce Construction
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1984 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Airport
- N/A
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 72 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.