# Accident 20000817005489A: Conaer LA4, Pensacola, FL, August 17, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2000, 17:45 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5006° N, 87.3702° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5006&lon=-87.3702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2015L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2015L-2003-07-14) (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 O360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,598 total, 53 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000817005489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 17, 2000 AT 1745 THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A LAKE LA-4-180 SEAPLANE ON THE PERIDIO RIVER NEAR PENSACOLA, FL. THE PILOT MR. BELLAMNY WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING HIS SEAPLANE RATING FROM THE CFI MR. MYERS. THEY WERE PRATICING TOUCH AND GOES AND SOME FULL STOPS ON THE PERDIDO RIVER BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. MR. BELLAMY SAID THEY TOOK OFF FROM THE RIVER AND SET UP FOR ANOTHER TOUCH AND GO TO THE SOUTH.  HE STATED HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACT THE WATER WITH THE NOSE LOW, WHICH CAUSED THE SEAPLANE TO BOUNCE AND SKIP ACROSS THE WATER.  HE TRIED TO MAINTAIN HIS PITCH ATTITUDE WHEN HE WAS ADVISED BY THE CFI TO ADD POWER WHICH HE DID.  AT THAT POINT THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TRIED TO PARALLEL THE SHORE LINE AND IMPACTED THE TREES.  THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH THE TREES AND THE LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH THE WATER. THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBMERGED AND THE NOSE CAME BACK UP AND THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED AFLOAT.  BOTH PILOTS RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO THE SCARED HEART HOSPITAL IN PENSACOLA, FL.                                                                                                                                                       (.4)THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION DID NOT OBTAIN THE PROPER T OUCH DOWN POINT DURING A WATER LANDING RESULTING IN A BOUNCED LANDING. THE CFI STATED HE FAILED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND IN SUFFICIENT TIME, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TREES, WATER, AND A SUBSEQUENT NOSE DOWN OF THE SEAPLANE IN THE WATER.

## 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 MIA00LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA240), Aug 17, 2000: Lake LA-4 (N2015L), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction failure to achieve the proper touch down point during a water landing, and the CFI's improper supervision and failure to initiate a go-around in sufficient time to…

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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