- Date
- September 23, 1983, 16:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Eastsound, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1251LLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830923050719A
- Case key
- 39632
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the glassy water during a low alt maneuver. The acft was observed by witnesses to descend from about 100 ft in a flat attitude,touch down,skim along the water then the nose pitched down and the acft nosed over. The occupants were recovered by a sailboat. One of the 3 survived. The acft floated a while and then sank in 240 ft of water. There were considerable bird feathers among the wreckage debris. Attempts to locate and raise the acft were unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1251L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 749
- Airframe hours
- 375
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-260-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ben A. Brower
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 10, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Destination
- S43 · Snohomish, WA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- 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.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,800 total · 255 in this make and model · 4,700 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.