# Incident 20090625019479I: Consol LAKEMODEL250, Port Washingto, WI, June 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2009, 18:30 local time
- Place: Port Washingto, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8434E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8434E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerofab LAKE 250 (registry code 5110322, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerofab-lake-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONSOL LAKEMODEL250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090625019479I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTR FROM WAUKESHA COUNTY AIRPORT (UES) TO SHEBOYGAN COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (SBM) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A TOUCH AND GO IN LAKE MICHIGAN ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF PORT WASHINGTON, WI.  AFTER LANDING, WHILE TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT THE RIGHT SPONSON STRUCK AN UNKNOWN OBJECT IN THE WATER.  THIS CAUSED THE RIGHT SPONSON TO SHEAR AND SEPERATE FROM THE WING.  THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO DIP INTO THE WATER, CAUSING THE LEFT SPONSON TO SHEAR FROM THE WING.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE BEACH.  AFTER INSPECTION TO DETERMINE DAMAGE, A FERRY PERMIT WAS ISSUED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR WINTER HAVEN, FL.  BOATERS RETREIVING THE SPONSONS REPORTED FINDING A SUBMERGED LOG IN THE WATER IN THE AREA OF THE INCIDENT.

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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