- Date
- March 9, 1964
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1118LLake LA4
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0580 64/3/9 KNOXVILLE TENN LAKE LA4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1000 TIME - 0925 N1118L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LANDED IN ROUGH WATER CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1118L
- Reported as
- Lake LA4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1118LRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2013 · Lake LA-4Airframe modelLake LA-4Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N1118L · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX87LA019Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFolsom, CADuring a local cross country pleasure flight, the pilot attempted a landing on Lake Folsom. Upon touchdown the aircraft began settling in the water then nosed over and sank. The pilot stated he felt there was an object in the water that was struck. Witnesses…NTSB MKC73DCA23Accident · No injuriesClosedSt Charles, MONTSB UNK64X3852Accident · No injuriesClosedLake Texhoma, TX