ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145472
Last updated: 18 May 2013
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| Date: | 06-MAY-2012 |
| Time: | 13:45 PDT |
| Type: | Lake LA-4 Buccaneer |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7615L |
| C/n / msn: | 388 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | San Francisco Bay near Palo Alto Airport - KPAO, Palo Alto, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| KPAO |
A Lake LA-4 Buccaneer experienced nose landing gear problems and performed an emergency water landing in the San Francisco Bay and came ashore near the Embarcadero Road windsurfing station near it's intended destination of Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County - KPAO, Palo Alto, California.
No damage to the aircraft or injuries have been reported.
Sources:
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25275
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/peninsula&id=8650720
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_20563532/amphibious-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-bay?source=rss
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/7/8/1868876.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2012 22:11 | Geno | Added |
| 07-May-2012 00:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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