Lake LA-250 N1403W

Summary

On 6 July 1987 at about 14:00 local time, a Lake LA-250 registered N1403W was involved in an accident near Alton Bay, New Hampshire, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 July 1987 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Alton Bay, New Hampshire, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Winnipesaukee

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Lake LA-250

Registration

N1403W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Bedford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87LA198

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

THE LAKE RENEGADE 250 WAS MAKING A WATER TAKEOFF WHEN IT STARTED A SHARP LEFT TURN. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN THE WATER AND THE PILOT EXITED WITHOUT INJURIES PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT TURNING OVER. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THAT THE ENGINE PYLON HAD SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND WAS ATTACHED ONLY BY THE RIGHT FLYING WIRE. THE OWNER HAD THE FAILED PARTS EXAMINED BY A INDEPENDENT LABORATORY AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A PRE-EXISTING FAILURE. WHEN THE PARTS WERE EXAMINED BY THE SAFETY BOARD'S METALLURGICAL LABORATORY, THEY WERE UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST EXAMINATION AND CONCLUDED THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS OVERLOAD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.