Lake Buccaneer

Lake LA-4 Buccaneer
Lake LA4-200 Buccaneer
Type:	Amphibious aircraft
Design country:	United States
Manufacturer:	Lake Aircraft
First flight:	1961
Production time:	1961 to 1969 (LA-4) 1969 to 1981 (LA4-200) 1981 to 1986 (LA4-200EP)
Number of pieces:	185 (LA-4) 641 (LA4-200) 43 (LA4-200EP)

The Lake LA-4 Buccaneer is an amphibious aircraft produced by the American manufacturer Lake Aircraft .

history

The Buccaneer is a further development of the Colonial Skimmer , whereby both the wingspan and the hull length have been increased. The construction time of this aircraft type ranged from 1961 to 1986. The current successor is the Lake Renegade .

Landing of a Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1
Passengers	3
length	7.59 m
span	11.58 m
Max. Takeoff mass	1220 kg
drive	a four-cylinder boxer engine Avco Lycoming IO-360-B1A ; 147 kW (200 PS) output
Top speed	241 km / h
Range	1360 km

Incidents

During the period of use of this type of aircraft, there were 160 accidents with a total of 93 deaths.

literature

• Gerhard Siem The big book of AIRCRAFT TYPES civil & military Page: 146 Verlag HEEL GmbH Königswinter 2014 ISBN 978-3-86852-709-4
• ER Johnson: American Flying Boats and Amphibious Aircraft , McFarland and Co., 2009, ISBN 978-0-7864-3974-4 , p. 249 f.

Web links

Commons : Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johnson, 2009, p. 249 f.
2. ↑ Accidents with the Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase , accessed on January 25, 2019