Lake LA-4 N6652L
6 August 1972 · Riverside, Alabama, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 6 August 1972 at about 10:30 local time, a Lake LA-4 registered N6652L was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Riverside, Alabama, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Riverside, Alabama, United States
- Nearest airport
- Logan Martin Lake
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Lake LA-4
- Registration
- N6652L
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Montgomery, Ala → Weaver, Ala
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4035
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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
A STORM THE DAY BEFORE WASHED TREES AND TREE LIMBS INTO LAKE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Lake LA-4 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun 1972 | Lake LA-4 | Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 May 1972 | Lake LA-4 | Staatsburg, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Nov 1972 | Lake LA-4 | Ft Pierce, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 1972 | Lake LA-4 | Charltte Amlie, Virgin Islands, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Aug 1972 | Lake LA-4 | Cairo, New York, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 14 Sep 1972 | Lake LA-4 | Rockville, Maryland, United States | Lake-4 Sales C | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |