# Incident 20040605010719I: Maule M5235C, Fife Lake, MI, June 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2004, 13:40 local time
- Place: Fife Lake, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5758° N, 85.3478° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fife Lake, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5758&lon=-85.3478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N438X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 47 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040605010719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD JUST LANDED AND WAS COMING OFF THE STEP WHEN THE WAKE OF A PERSONAL WATERCRAFT SWAMPED THE RIGHT FLOAT AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER IN THE WATER. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY WHEN THE LARGE WAVE SWAMPED THE FLOAT AND THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY NOSED OVER.

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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