# Accident 20160612012219A: Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200, Greers Ferry, AR, June 12, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2016, 08:35 local time
- Place: Greers Ferry, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5258° N, 92.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5258&lon=-92.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1244L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1244L-2019-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 (registry code 2400108, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-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: CONSOLIDATED AERONAUTICS INC. LAKE LA-4-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA310) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160612012219A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 12, 2016 AT APPROX 0845 CENTRAL TIME A 1976 LAKE LA-4-200, REGISTRATION NUMBER N1244L, SERIAL NUMBER 743 HAD BEEN CONDUCTING SEVERAL WATERWAY TOUCH AND GOS AS WELL AS FULL STOP WATER LANDINGS ON GREERS FERRY LAKE NEAR HEBER SPRINGS, AR DURING VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. DURING THE FINAL WATER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED AN UNEXPECTED WAKE AND FLIPPED TAIL OVER NOSE INVERTING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT AND STABLIZED ON THE AIRCRAFT WINGS FOR A COUPLE MINUTES UNTIL A NEARBY BOAT PICKUP THE INDIVIDUALS AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO NEARBY LACY'S MARINA. THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE OWNER. BOTH INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TREATED AND RELEASED BY HEBER SPRINGS BAPTIST HOSPITAL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS IT APPARENTLY STRUCK SEVERAL UNDERWATER ROCK FORMATIONS WHILE SINKING TO THE LAKE BED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA310), Jun 12, 2016: Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA 4 (N1244L), Greers Ferry, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The amphibious airplane pilot's incorrect pitch attitude during landing on choppy water, which resulted in a nose over, and substantial damage to the fuselage.

## Other reports on N1244L (1)

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

- [Incident 19880906062581I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880906062581I), Sep 6, 1988: Conaer LA4200 (N1244L), Compton, CA, Minor damage. While on takeoff roll, was struck on wing and prop by wheel and strut of N90RL on approach. Aborted takeoff.

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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