- Date
- October 4, 1980
- Place
- Little Egg, NJ · LITTLE EGG, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N875SRLake 4-200
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801004050549A
- Case key
- 128640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2909 80/10/4 LITTLE EGG,NJ LAKE 4-200 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 591 TIME - 1420 N875SR PX- 1 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMITHVILLE,NJ TETERBORO,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- HIT PWR LN OVR RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N875SR
- Reported as
- Lake 4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N875SRRegistration cancelled Sep 11, 2013 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE 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.