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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Aeroprakt America A-22 LS · Lake Disston, FL · April 2, 2013

Date: April 2, 2013 · 17:30 local
Place: Lake Disston, FL
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N28AB
Reported as: Aeroprakt America A-22 LS
Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 650 total16 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N28ABRegistered now · Aeroprakt America A-22 LSS/N 104 · Built 2012 Airframe modelAeroprakt America A-22 LS Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On April, 2, 2013 N28AB pilot by privacy data omitted landed on Lake Disston in flagler county Florida. After completion of the landing he decided to enjoy Florida?s wildlife on the lake. En-route to the shore line during a ?high-speed? Taxi (step taxi) the pilot indicates he hit something in the water which made the aircraft flip over in the water. The pilot and passenger both exited the aircraft and swam to shore with no injuries.

By statements given to me by the pilot and owner of the aircraft all the substantial damage were caused by the recovery of the aircraft from the lake.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL, 2, 2013 N28AB PILOT BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON LAKE DISSTON IN FLAGLER COUNTY FLORIDA. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE LANDING HE DECIDED TO ENJOY FLORIDA?S WILDLIFE ON THE LAKE. EN-ROUTE TO THE SHORE LINE DURING A ?HIGH-SPEED? TAXI (STEP TAXI) THE PILOT INDICATES HE HIT SOMETHING IN THE WATER WHICH MADE THE AIRCRAFT FLIP OVER IN THE WATER. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER BOTH EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND SWAM TO SHORE WITH NO INJURIES.

BY STATEMENTS GIVEN TO ME BY THE PILOT AND OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT ALL THE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WERE CAUSED BY THE RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE LAKE.