- Date
- April 20, 1979
- Place
- Jonesboro, ME · JONESBORO, ME
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7639LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790420043129A
- Case key
- 135744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1266 79/4/20 JONESBORO,ME LAKE LA-4 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 78, 298 TIME - 0920 N7639L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 162 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DRISKO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACHIAS VALLEY,ME JONESBORO,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- 900FT LANDING STRIP.OWNER STATED PLT HAD NOT LNDD AT STRIP BEFORE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7639L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Drisko
N7639LRegistration cancelled Sep 19, 2014 · Lake LA-4Airframe modelLake LA-4Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.