# Incident 19990825033959I: Conaer LA4200, Shorewood, MN, August 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1999, 19:13 local time
- Place: Shorewood, MN
- Airport: Lake Minnetonka
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9024° N, 93.5953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shorewood, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9024&lon=-93.5953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2573P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2573P-2013-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 (registry code 2400108, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990825033959I

## Narrative

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

DOWNGRADED TO INCIDENT (-23) WHILE TAXIING, AIRCRAFT HIT A LARGE BOAT WAKE, AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING HIT THE WATER, AIRCRAFT ROTATED TO THE RIGHT AND IMPACTED WATER HARD. ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1999, PILOT SENT STATEMENT TO THIS OFFICE AND THE CHICAGO NTSB THATTHERE WAS NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT.  PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS GIVING A WATER RIDE TO THE KIDS.  PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE BOAT TRAFFIC AND HE WAS ONLY INSPECTING HIS INTENDED TAKEOFF POINT FOR A MUCH LATER DEPARTURE.  CHICAGO NTSB AND THIS OFFICE HAVE NOW CEASED INVESTIGATION OF THIS AS AN ACCIDENT.  THERE WAS NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT.  THIS FILE HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A INCIDENT.  THIS REPORT FORMALLY WAS NUMBERED CHI99LA310.

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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