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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Consolidate Lake LA-4-2 · Laconia, NH · August 15, 2010

Date: August 15, 2010 · 14:00 local
Place: Laconia, NH
Airport: Airport Name
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8009X
Reported as: Consolidate Lake LA-4-2
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 792 total100 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N8009XRegistered now · Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200S/N 1054 Airframe modelConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

At apprroximately 1600 hrs, August 20, 2010. According to the pilot during the take-off prior to lift off, the aircraft became airborne after hitting a boat wake without proper airspeed. The aircraft then bounced twice, prior to a heavy nose down contact in the water causing impact damage to the right side of the forward nose bulkhead. The pilot was able to taxi the aircraft back to their home dock. This is where the aircraft sank in approximately two feet of water .the pilot and passenger were uninjured and the aircraft sustained minor damage

As the FAA filed it

AT APPRROXIMATELY 1600 HRS, AUGUST 20, 2010. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT DURING THE TAKE-OFF PRIOR TO LIFT OFF, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AFTER HITTING A BOAT WAKE WITHOUT PROPER AIRSPEED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED TWICE, PRIOR TO A HEAVY NOSE DOWN CONTACT IN THE WATER CAUSING IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FORWARD NOSE BULKHEAD.THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THEIR HOME DOCK. THIS IS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT SANK IN APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET OF WATER .THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE