Lake LA-4 N6679L

24 October 1971 · Coeur D'alene, Idaho, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 24 October 1971 at about 11:00 local time, a Lake LA-4 registered N6679L was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Coeur D'alene, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 October 1971 at 11:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Coeur D'alene, Idaho, United States
Nearest airport: Brooks Seapln Bse
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lake LA-4
Registration: N6679L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Lewiston, Id → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4409

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	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

NO FORMAL INSTRTN IN WTR OPRTNS.60DEG X-WND GUSTING TO 16K.

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 3-4409, 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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