- Date
- June 21, 1990, 17:00 local (Jun 22, 1990, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spokane, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1404VAerofab Lake LA-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900621021499A
- Case key
- 41213
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Probable cause
The pilot was taxiing the airplane at an excessive speed which resulted in a loss of directional control.
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.
Analysis
During a touch and go landing, the pilot kept the speed up and step taxied along the river to clear a bend. During the 20 degree turn to the left, the airplane skipped to the right. The right wing came in contact with the water and the airplane water looped to the right. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1404V
- Reported as
- Aerofab Lake LA-250 (LAKE LA-25)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 43
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tanglefoot Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SFF
- Airport
- SFF · Felts Fld, runway 3, 6,000 × 100 ft, water
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 582 total · 400 in this make and model · 491 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.