- Date
- April 18, 1971
- Place
- Owensville, MO · OWENSVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6676LLake L-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1332 71/4/18 OWENSVILLE,MO LAKE L-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 1500 TIME - 1700 N6676L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OWENSVILLE,MO ST LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- PLT DID NOT USE ALL OF THE LAKE FOR TKOF,ABRTD DUE TO 10FT HI DAM.ACFT LIFTED OF,TDN IN CRAB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6676L
- Reported as
- Lake L-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6676LRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2013 · Lake LA-4Airframe modelLake LA-4Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N6676L · 1
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