# Incident 20150121000779I: Lake LA-4-200, Bartow, FL, January 21, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2015, 13:50 local time
- Place: Bartow, FL
- Airport: Bartow Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8964° N, 81.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bartow, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8964&lon=-81.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1065L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1065L-2015-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKE LA-4-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150121000779I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN STATED HE DEPARTED BARTOW (BOW) MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON JANUARY 21, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 EST. HE STATED HIS INTENTION WAS TO PERFORM A NUMBER OF PRACTICE  LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS ON LAKE HANCOCK.HE STATED HE WAS PIC OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HIS WIFE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE ONLY OTHER OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED,

"I HAD NEGLECTED TO RETRACT MY LANDING GEAR ON TAKEOFF FROM BOW, AND THE LANDING GEAR REMAINED DOWN FOR THE GLASSY WATER LANDING. AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH THE WATER IN LAKE HANCOCK, N1065L FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND CAME TO A STOP". THE AIRMAN STATED "^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND I EXITED N1065L AND REMAINED AT THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL HELP ARRIVED."

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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