- Date
- July 29, 1982, 22:54 local (Jul 30, 1982, 05:54 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan Intl., AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2708PLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820729049629A
- Case key
- 71258
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Analysis
Departing under a special VFR clearance, the acft entered IMC within a period of approximately 15 secs after takeoff. The acft struck trees & the ground approximately 2 mi south of the airport.
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.
In flight collision with object
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - initiatedCause
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Lack of total instrument timeCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2708P
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 903
- Airframe hours
- 292
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lau-Te-Wah Corporation
- Registered owner
- Lau-Te-Wah Corporation
- Departed
- Ketchikan Intl., AK
- Destination
- Metlakatla, AK
- Airport
- runway 11, 7,497 × 100 ft, asphalt
N2708PRegistration cancelled Jul 21, 2011 · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 96 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 133 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.