# Incident 20091004020309I: Conaer LA4200, San Carlos, CA, October 4, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2009, 14:47 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2UY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2UY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 70 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091004020309I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING AT SAN CARLOS AIRPORT PILOT OF N2UY MR. CARLOS CHANG KOO STATED HE HAD CORRECT LANDING GEAR INDICATIONS AT TOUCHDOWN, HE STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING LATERAL CONTROL AS HE APPLIED BRAKES AND RUDDER INPUT TO TRY TO STAY ON THE RUNWAY.  AS THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE EXTERNAL PONTOON TANK AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT.  HIS CORRECTIVE ACTIONS BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT BACK TOWARD THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP NEAR THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY FACING APPROXIMATELY 190 DEGREES FROM THE ORIGINAL HEADING.  INTITIAL INSPECTION BY THIS OFFICE WAS CONDUCTED ON OCT 5, 2009.  DAMAGE OBSERVED DURING INITIAL ONSET INVESTIGATION IS AS FOLLOWS, RIGHT EXTERNAL WING TANK SEPARATED FROM UNDER WING ATTACHMENT POINT AND HAS A HOLE IN BOTTOM WHERE IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  RIGHT WING LANDING GEAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY HAS EVIDENCE OF SCRAPING THE RUNWAY DUE TO IT BEING DRUG WHILE GEAR WAS IN A MID TRAVEL POSITION.  CENTER BOTTOM FUSELAGE HAS SCRAPE MARKS AND SPORTS WERE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE RUNWAY DUE TO LANDING WITH RIGHT WING GEAR NOT BEING DOWN AND LOCKED.

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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