# Incident 20150503009749I: Lake LA-4-200, Tyler, TX, May 3, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2015, 17:00 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Lake Tyler East
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3513° N, 95.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyler, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3513&lon=-95.3011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1058L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1058L) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 493 total, 106 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150503009749I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PIC STATEMENT, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON AN ABORTED TAKEOFF ATTEMPT. THE SKY WAS CLEAR AND VISIBILITY WAS GREATER THAN 10 MILES. WIND WAS FROM THE SOUTH AT 8 MPH AND SLIGHTLY GUSTY. THE PIC TAXIED TO A COVE ON THE NORTH END OF THE LAKE FOR SMOOTH WATER. HE STARTED HIS TAKE-OFF RUN TO THE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE SHORE LINE. HE UNABLE TO GET AIRBORNE BEFORE LEAVING THE COVE AND STARTED TO ENCOUNTER ROUGHER WATER. HE SLOWED DOWN TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF, TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST AND ENCOUNTERED A BOAT WAKE, SKIPPED SEVERAL TIMES AND LOOPED.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE FOUR OCCUPANTS.

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WINGS WHERE THE SPONSONS (FLOATS) BROKE OFF.

## Other reports on N1058L (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070831022789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070831022789I), Aug 31, 2007: Conaer LA4200 (N1058L), Blue Cypress L, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed on Blue Cypress lake vero beach FL in a LA-4-200 amphibious airplane for picnic. Pilot thought the right float was taking on water. He…
- [Incident 19781206022509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781206022509I), Dec 6, 1978: Conaer LA4 (N1058L), Mansfield, OH. Pilot unable to retract gear then unable to get safe extension indication. Landed. Right main collapsed.

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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