- Date
- July 16, 1982, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1216LLake LA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820716032259A
- Case key
- 72011
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during takeoff, he had accelerated to about 40 mph, and was on the step, when he hit a wave of sufficient size to bounce and become momentarily airborne. He was still accelerating and bounced a second time when it became apparent that he was on a collision course with a boat. The pilot chopped the power to abort and turned left. The plane touched down in a crab and was damaged. The pilot reported the wind as 20 knots.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1216L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 719
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas I. King
- Registered owner
- Thomas I. King
- Departed
- Newport, OR
- Destination
- Philomath, OR
- Airport
- Yequina Bay, runway 27, 10,000 × 0 ft, water
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,783 total · 106 in this make and model · 3,527 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.