- Date
- October 12, 1982, 18:00 local (Oct 13, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6179VLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821012054349A
- Case key
- 70297
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Analysis
Due to glassy water and dusk conditions, final approach for landing was flown parallel to a log boom for surface reference. After touching down, the aircraft bounced back into the air and a go-around was initiated. During the go-around, the aircraft drifted left. The left wing struck a boom piling and the plane crashed in the water and sank.
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
Light condition - duskFactor
Terrain condition - water,glassyFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - performed
Go-around - initiated
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6179V
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 832
- Airframe hours
- 476
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James W. Christopher
- Registered owner
- James W. Christopher
- Departed
- COE · Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Destination
- COE · Coeur D'Alene, ID
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,102 total · 498 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COE, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.