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| Date: | Monday 19 June 1961 |
| Time: | c. 16:00 |
| Type: |  Lake LA-4 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Biwa, E of Tokyo -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Light seaplane crashed in lake on test flight. US pilot (42) and three Japanese.
Sources:
La Nacion 20 June 1961, p16
The Straits Times 20 June 1961, p1
https://newspaperarchive.com/pacific-stars-and-stripes-jun-21-1961-p-24/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Dec-2015 08:10 | JINX | Added |
| 05-Jan-2017 21:00 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Apr-2019 13:00 | TB | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Apr-2020 07:40 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, ] |
| 05-Aug-2021 17:34 | TB | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
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