- Date
- July 31, 1966
- Place
- Winters, CA · WINTERS, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1169LLake LA-4A
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1895 66/7/31 WINTERS CALIF LAKE LA-4A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 175 TIME - 1120 N1169L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE BERRYESSA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- BOATS CONVERGING TO WATCH AIRCRAFT LAND ON LAKE CAUSED ROUGH WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1169L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Berryessa
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