Lake L-4 N6676L

18 April 1971 · Owensville, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 April 1971 at about 17:00 local time, a Lake L-4 registered N6676L, operated by Midwest Air SE, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Owensville, Missouri, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 April 1971 at 17:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Owensville, Missouri, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lake L-4
Registration: N6676L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Midwest Air SE
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → St Louis, Mo
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1332

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT DID NOT USE ALL OF THE LAKE FOR TKOF, ABRTD DUE TO 10FT HI DAM.ACFT LIFTED OF, TDN IN CRAB.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1332, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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