- Date
- October 10, 1976
- Place
- Stillwater, NY · STILLWATER, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1095LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761010032179A
- Case key
- 156445
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3383 76/10/10 STILLWATER,NY LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 918 TIME - 1445 N1095L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TROY,NY STILLWATER,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PORPOISED ON TKOF,ABORTED,ACFT DRIFTED L STRUCK A NAV BOUY.WIND GUSTING 33K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1095L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1095LRegistration cancelled Jul 10, 1980 · Aerofab LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelAerofab LAKE LA-4-200
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1095L · 1
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