# Incident 19960817028129I: Conaer LA4, Meredith, NH, August 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Meredith, NH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6543° N, 71.4968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meredith, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6543&lon=-71.4968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7611L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7611L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4 (registry code 5110302, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817028129I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: MR. HERBERT OLIVER STATED THAT HE HAD JUST COMPLETED HIS BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW WITH MR. MIKE BRIGGS, A CFI FROM EMERSON AVIATION AND WAS RETURNING TO HIS HOME. HE SET UP HIS LANDING (AS HE USUALLY DOES) TO THE NORTH-NORTH WEST, WITH PINE ISLAND ON HIS LEFT. HIS APPROACH TO THE LANDING WAS MADE ABOUT 5 KNOTS FASTER THAN NORMAL, WITH A TOUCH DOWN SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 55-60 KNOTS. HE SAID, "I THINK I HIT A BOAT WAKE." HE WAS THEN IN THE AIR AGAIN, WITH WATER SPLASHING AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND. HE REGAINED HIS THOUGHTS AND THEN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO HIS HOUSE. THIS IS ALSO WHERE HE KEEPS THE AIRCRAFT. HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR TO TAXI UP THE BEACH/RAMP AREA, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND COMPLETELY. THE NOSE GEAR WAS FORCED DOWN BY HAND AND HE THEN TAXIED UP THE BEACH/RAMP TO HIS PARKING SPOT. I ASKED AND CHECKED FOR ANY OTHER WITNESS(S), BUT NO ONE APPEARED TO HAVE SEEN THE MISHAP. I CALLED BANGOR AUTOMATED FLIGHT SERVICE STATION TO CHECK FOR A NAME OF THE PERSON WHO HAD REPORTED IT. THE RESPONSE WAS THAT IT APPEARED TO BE ANONYMOUS. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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