- Date
- July 12, 1970
- Place
- Otis, MA · OTIS, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2002LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115094
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2988 70/7/12 OTIS,MASS LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 277 TIME - 1445 N2002L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 157 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTAUK POINT,NY OTIS,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- HIT BOAT WAKE. PLT INADVERTENTLY OPENED THROTTLE. ACFT BOUNCED IN AIR. R FLOAT DUG IN. SANK LATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2002L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage