- Date
- September 8, 1974
- Place
- East Haddam, CT · EAST HADDAM, CT
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N39797Lake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740908029849A
- Case key
- 136929
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2659 74/9/8 EAST HADDAM,CONN LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 509 TIME - 1630 N39797 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 267 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONNECTICUT RIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST HADDAM,CONN SIMSBURY,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT DURING TAKE-OFF RUN,RESULTING PORPOISING DAMAGED NOSE SECTION AND RT FLOAT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39797
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Connecticut River
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.