- Date
- August 15, 1981
- Place
- Lake George, NY · LAKE GEORGE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65723Lake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810815069699A
- Case key
- 124077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2899 81/8/15 LAKE GEORGE,NY LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 580 TIME - 2130 N65723 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALDWELL,NJ LAKE GEORGE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- STRUCK ROCKS DRG LNDG ON LAKE GEORGE.L WING DRAGGED INTO WTR WHILE ATMTG TO AVOID ROCKS.BRIGHT NGT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65723
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.