Lake LA-4-250 N1403A

Summary

On 17 May 1986 at about 22:22 local time, a Lake LA-4-250 registered N1403A was involved in an accident near Blue River, Oregon, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 May 1986 at 22:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Blue River, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

44.0500, -122.0509

Aircraft

Lake LA-4-250

Registration

N1403A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eugene → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA86FA126

4 people died.

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

SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE ACFT FLYING NEAR THE EUGENE ARPT AT AN ALT OF 400 TO 500 FT AGL. THE ACFT WAS HEADING TOWARD THE BLUE RIVER. THE ACFT WAS THEN SEEN FLYING OVER THE BLUE RIVER FOREST RANGER STATION APRX 7 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. AT THIS TIME THE ACFT WAS AT AN ALT OF APRX 1000 FT AGL AS IT TURNED UP THE NORTH QUARTZ CREEK. THE ACFT THEN IMPACTED THE SIDE OF A BOX CANYON IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE APRX 1000 FT BELOW THE RIDGE LINE. THE PLT OPERATING HANDBOOK LISTS THE RATE OF CLIMB AT STANDARD CONDITIONS AS 680 FPM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.