- Date
- June 24, 1972
- Place
- Homewood, CA · HOMEWOOD, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5023LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167431
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2249 72/6/24 HOMEWOOD,CALIF LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 337 TIME - 1725 N5023L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOMEWOOD SEAPLANE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMEWOOD,CALIF TRUCKEE AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ROUGH WATER REMARKS- PILOT HIT BOAT WAKE PRIOR TO LIFT OFF IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5023L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Homewood Seaplane
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Other investigations on N5023L · 2
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