- Date
- August 10, 1976
- Place
- Grt Barrington, MA · GRT BARRINGTON, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N39359Lake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760810027869A
- Case key
- 156155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3772 76/8/10 GRT BARRINGTON,MA LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 110 TIME - 1715 N39359 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREAT BARRINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRT BARRINGTON,MA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- REQUIRED 20LB BALLAST NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39359
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Great Barrington
N39359Registration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Lake LA-4-200Airframe modelLake LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.