- Date
- August 12, 1987, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake George, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8012QLake LA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870812044039A
- Case key
- 30716
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While taking off from a lake, the amphibious aircraft struck an object. The plane settled back into the water breaking the windshield on the passenger's side. The cockpit began filling with water and the acft sank in about 45 feet of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8012Q
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1067
- Airframe hours
- 325
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Vincent Moore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1987 · 50 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 218 total · 40 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.