- Date
- July 21, 1976
- Place
- Smithtown Bay, NY · SMITHTOWN BAY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6010VLake LA-200
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760721021839A
- Case key
- 155147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3386 76/7/21 SMITHTOWN BAY,NY LAKE LA-200 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N6010V PX- 0 1 0 FERRY AGE 23, 2448 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2260 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILLVILLE,NJ LACONIA,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH WATER WHILE IN LEFT TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6010V
- Reported as
- Lake LA-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6010VRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2011 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.