# NTSB MIA84FA203: Lake LA-4-200, N8001E, Hollywood, FL, July 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 14, 1984, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Location: 26.0310° N, 80.1646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hollywood, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0310&lon=-80.1646&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84FA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31005/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA203

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing

## 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 A WITNESS STATED THAT HE DISTINCTLY REMEMBERED OBSERVING THAT THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED.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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8001E-2013-05-13), registration cancelled 2013-05-13, S/N 992 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKE LA-4-200
- Registry model: [Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4-200) (registry code 2400108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 992
- Airframe hours: 352
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840714032579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840714032579A), Jul 14, 1984: Conaer LA4200, Hollywood, FL, Destroyed. Flipped over during a step water landing when the right main gear came down. Was improperly rigged for uplocking.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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