# Accident 20020717016219A: Amtr TAYLORCOOTA, Lakequinault, WA, July 17, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2002
- Place: Lakequinault, WA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N16EW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16EW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: White TAYLOR COOT-A (registry code 9570519, https://openairdocs.org/model/white-taylor-coot-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TAYLORCOOTA
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020717016219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT INDICATED THAT HE WAS CIRCLING LAKE QUINAULT CONTEMPLATING A LANDING. DURING HIS SCAN HE THOUGHT HE NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE TO BE LOWER THAN NORMAL ALTHOUGH HIS PHONE STATEMENT INDICATES HE WAS NOT SURE HE WAS OBSERVING IT CORRECTLY. UPON LANDING TO THE WEST THE AIRCRAFT LOOPED TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE WATER AND THE WING TIP WAS TORN FROM THE WING. IMMEDIATELY THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKING ON WATER SO HE TAXIED TO THE NORTH SHORE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEACHED ON THE ROCKY SHORELINE TO PREVENT IT FROM SINKING. THE PILOT ENLISTED SOME LOCAL HELP TO DRAG THE AIRCRAFT UP OUT OF THE WATER DURING WHICH TIME A FEW MORE SCRATCHES WERE RECEIVED BY THE AIRFRAME. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT: MISSING LH WING TIP, 4"X6" PUNCTURE TO THE HULL BOTTOM JUST FWD OF THE STEP, PARTIAL LOSS OF THE VENTRAL TAIL FIN, MLG DAMAGE, CENTER KEEL MISSING FROM NOSE TO 1 FOOT FWD OF STEP, RH FWD SISTER KEEL PULLED LOOSE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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