Lake LA-4 N39384

31 December 1972 · Governors Hrbr, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Minor injuries

Summary

On 31 December 1972 at about 14:10 local time, a Lake LA-4 registered N39384, operated by Trails Aviatio, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Governors Hrbr, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 December 1972 at 14:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Governors Hrbr, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Nearest airport: Governors Harbour
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lake LA-4
Registration: N39384
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Trails Aviatio
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0053

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	2	0

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

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVTOF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS.

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 6-0053, 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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All 251 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Aug 1972	Cessna 177 N3329T	N Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	South Dade AVI	Minor injuries	-
14 Jun 1972	Piper PA-28R N7573J	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Bush Aviation	No injuries	-
12 Oct 1972	Aero Comdr 680-E N4900	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Flamingo Airli	Fatal	2
14 Jul 1972	Boeing 747 N9664	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
15 May 1972	Piper PA-28 N3646K	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Jan 1972	De Havilland DH104 N979JC	St.mrtn, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.