- Date
- August 2, 1987, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- St.Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2878PLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870802040339A
- Case key
- 31951
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the water takeoff run the plt's forward visibility was momentarily lost as he rotated the acft onto the step. When visibility was regained he realized that the acft was headed towards the shoreline & turned to avoid it during which the rt wing tip was dragged causing the acft to water loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2878P
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 935
- Airframe hours
- 650
- Engine
- Lycoming I0-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Amphibian Enterprises,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Amphibian Enterprises Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1987 · 75 hours before
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 33 in this make and model · 103 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 21 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.