# NTSB SEA85LA093: Lake Buccaneer, N2582P, Dexter, OR, April 20, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 20, 1985, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Dexter, OR
- Coordinates: 43.880741, -122.810455 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8807&lon=-122.8105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40143
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40143/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA093

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT BOUNCED DURING TOUCHDOWN SEVERAL TIMES WHILE ATTENDING TO LAND ON THE WATER. THE ACFT WAS TOO CLOSE TO A DAM TO MAKE A GO-AROUND. THE ACFT THEN STRUCK THE DAM HEAD ON.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2582P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2582P-2013-11-08), registration cancelled 2013-11-08, S/N 875, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKE BUCCANEER
- Registry model: [Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4-200) (registry code 2400108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 875
- Airframe hours: 820
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Larry A. Berryman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: EUG, EUGENE, OR
- Destination: DEXTER, OR
- Airport: Dexter Lake

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private, student; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 148 total, 96 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 28.00 inHg

## Other investigations on N2582P (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA89LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA166), Sep 8, 1989: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE-LA-4-200 (N2582P), Klawock, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE AIRCRAFT HEIGHT ABOVE WATER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A LAKE. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE SMOOTH, GLASSY WATER SURFACE CONDITIONS ON THE LAKE.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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