# Accident 19980617014029A: Conaer LA4200, Peshtigo, WI, June 17, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1998, 14:45 local time
- Place: Peshtigo, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0506° N, 87.7392° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0506&lon=-87.7392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80026, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80026) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 (registry code 2400108, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 347 total, 19 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980617014029A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS PERFORMING A WATER LANDING WHEN IT ENCOUNTERD A CROSSWIND. ACFT LOOPED AROUND. (.4)IN A PHONE CONVERSATION, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LOOKED OVER THE AREA BEFORE HE LANDED AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING IN THE WATER AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE.  HE REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT WING CAUGHT THE WATER.  HE REPORTED, 'I THINK IT WAS THE GLASSY WATER...AND I THOUGHT I WAS HIGHER THAN I WAS.'  HE REPORTED, '...THE WING HIT THE WATER AND THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED ON ME.' THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD 19 HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL AIRCRAFT.                                                             (-23) ON JUNE 17, 1998 AT APPROXIMATELY 1445 CST A LAKE LA-4-200 N80026 LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE MAKING A WATER LANDING ON THE PESHTIGO RIVER, PESHTIGO, WISCONSIN.  WHILE MAKING A RIGHT CROSS WIND LANDING ON THE PESHTIGO RIVER, THE RIGHT WING FLOAT HIT THE WATER OR AN OBJECT IN THE WATER SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT.  THE RIGHT FLOAT SEPARATED FROM THE RIGHT WIND AND TWISTING THE AFT FUSELAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT BY DAVID A OSLEN UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURR                                                              ED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA207), Jun 17, 1998: Lake LA4-200 (N80026), Peshtigo, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot misjudged the flare and inadvertently dragged the right sponson in the water. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model aircraft.

## Other reports on N80026 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870729051199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870729051199I), Jul 29, 1987: Conaer LA4200 (N80026), Cranberry Lake, NY, Minor damage. Aircraft bounced during a glassy water landing. On bounce,the aircraft stalled, wing struck the water.

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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