- Date
- October 20, 1976
- Place
- Boise, ID · BOISE, ID
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6023VLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761020034609A
- Case key
- 155940
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3271 76/10/20 NR.BOISE,ID LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N6023V PX- 0 0 2 DEMONSTRATION AGE 35, 3244 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BOISE,ID RETURN LUCKY PEAK RESERVOIR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLEW INTO WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6023V
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6023VRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 1976 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200
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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.