Lake LA-4-200 N8001E

Summary

On 14 July 1984 at about 18:15 local time, a Lake LA-4-200 registered N8001E, operated by Arthur A Spengler, was involved in an accident near Hollywood, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 July 1984 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Hollywood, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Lake LA-4-200

Registration

N8001E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Arthur A Spengler

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft. Lauderdale → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84FA203

2 people were seriously injured.

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

AFTER ARRIVING AT SOUTH LAKE, THE PLT MADE A WATER LANDING ON A WESTERLY HEADING. HE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING A STEP-LANDING & AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, THE ACFT TRAVELED ABOUT 100 FT, THEN THE CONTROL YOKE WAS JERKED FROM HIS HANDS. HE & THE PASSENGERS STATED THAT IT FELT LIKE THE NOSE COLLAPSED & THE ACFT FLIPPED OVER. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE DISTINCTLY REMEMBERED OBSERVING THAT THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE NOSE & LEFT MAIN GEAR WERE FOUND IN THE UP & LOCKED POSITION. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS UNLOCKED, BUT IT WAS DAMAGED. THE RIGHT WING FLOAT HAD SEPARATED, ITS MOUNTING BRACKETS WERE BENT AFT & INBOARD. ALSO, THE OUTER PORTION OF THE RIGHT WING WAS DEFORMED UPWARD & AFT. ABOUT 10 MI NORTH AT FT LAUDERDALE, FL, THE 1342 EDT WIND WAS FROM 120 DEG AT 9 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.