- Date
- February 2, 1964
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1120LLake LA4
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185570
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0199 64/2/2 LONG BEACH CALIF LAKE LA4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 160 TIME - 1400 N1120L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF IN ROUGHWATER CAUSIN G THE LEFT WING FLOAT TO BE TORN OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1120L
- Reported as
- Lake LA4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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