- Date
- September 24, 1967
- Place
- Hermitage, MO · HERMITAGE, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1138LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113826
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3566 67/9/24 HERMITAGE,MO LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 260 TIME - 1000 N1138L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- SWERVED ACFT TO AVOID BOAT AND STRUCK SIGN. TAKING OFF FROM LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1138L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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