# Incident 20030608023619I: Conaer LA4200, Buffalo, MN, June 8, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Buffalo, MN
- Airport: Buffalo Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1588° N, 93.8433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUFFALO MUNI (CFE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1588&lon=-93.8433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1259L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1259L) (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 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030608023619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LAKE AMPHIB (N1259L) WAS LANDING RWY 35 AT BUFFALO, MN. UPON LANDING/ROLL OUT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY, TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY APPEARED TO FREEZE PULLING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GRASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN OLEO STRUT HAD FAILED WHICH JAMMED THE TIRE AGAINST THE RIGHT GEAR ASSEMBLY STOPPING THE WHEEL FROM TURNING AND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N1259L (1)

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

- [Incident 20171117018869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171117018869I), Nov 17, 2017: Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200 (N1259L), Spokane, WA, Substantial damage. The pilot was cleared to land on runway 22R at ksff. The aircraft touched down with the landing gear retracted, sliding approximately 50FT before coming to a…

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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