- Date
- May 29, 1975
- Place
- Red Bluff, CA · RED BLUFF, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- C-GHIVLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149662
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0017 75/5/29 RED BLUFF,CA LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 0832 C-GHIV PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 51, 374 TOTAL HOURS, 58 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RED BLUFF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RED BLUFF,CA REDMOND,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- CONTAMINATION IN FUEL INJECTOR UNIT RESTRICTED FUEL FLOW. DUE WATER TRAPPED IN LINES PREV.
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GHIV
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Red Bluff