- Date
- July 22, 1973
- Place
- Bethel, ME · BETHEL, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1127LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730722022479A
- Case key
- 189683
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1727 73/7/22 NR.BETHEL,ME LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 500 TIME - 1000 N1127L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONGO POND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOWER CHIN POND,ME BETHEL,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ON TOUCHDOWN NOSE DUG INTO WATER LEFT FLOAT BROKE OFF.AIRCRAFT SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1127L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Songo Pond
N1127LRegistration cancelled Sep 8, 2016 · Lake LA-4Airframe modelLake LA-4Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1127L · 1
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