Aviation Crash Map

Lake LA-4 N6678L

9 January 1978 · Hawthorne, Nevada, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 9 January 1978 at about 14:30 local time, a Lake LA-4 registered N6678L was involved in an accident during in flight near Hawthorne, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 14:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Hawthorne, Nevada, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Lake LA-4
Registration
N6678L
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Las Vegas, Nv → Reno, Nv
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-0654

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 0 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

VFR FLT NOT RCMMDD, TPH WX.MTNS OBSCURED, HIT MTN ABT 6700FT MSL.RECOVERY DATE 2/6/78.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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19 Nov 1978 Lake LA-4
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no coordinates
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18 May 1978 Lake LA-4
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no coordinates
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2 Dec 1978 Lake LA-4
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no coordinates
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16 Oct 1978 Lake LA-4
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no coordinates
- No injuries -
6 Aug 1978 Lake LA-4
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no coordinates
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13 May 1978 Lake LA-4
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no coordinates
- No injuries -

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