Lake 250 N1400X

Summary

On 14 June 1984 at about 17:00 local time, a Lake 250 registered N1400X was involved in an accident near Ket Largo, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 June 1984 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ket Largo, Florida, United States

Coordinates

25.0792, -80.4393

Aircraft

Lake 250

Registration

N1400X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Naples → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84LA185

Nobody was 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

AS THE PLT WAS APPROACHING TO LAND IN THE OPEN OCEAN NEAR KEY LARGO, FL, A BIG WAVE APPEARED. THE PLT PULLED THE NOSE OF THE ACFT UP & ADDED POWER. HOWEVER, THE ACFT IMPACTED THE WAVE CREST & WAS CATIPULTED UPWARD IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. IT THEN CAME DOWN ON THE LEFT WING WHICH SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. THE ACFT SANK IN 12 FT OF WATER AFTER FLOATING ABOUT 35 MINUTES. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND SEEMED TO BE LIGHT & VARIABLE. HE ESTIMATED THAT THE WAVES WERE 1 TO 1-1/2 FT HIGH, EXCEPT FOR THE WAVE OR SWELL THAT THE ACFT HIT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.