# Accident 20160917017969A: Grumman G-44A, Lakeport, CA, September 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2016, 11:25 local time
- Place: Lakeport, CA
- Airport: Lampson Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0478° N, 122.8956° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0478&lon=-122.8956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-44A (registry code 3951508, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-44a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-44A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,350 total, 820 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA509](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA509) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160917017969A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:25Z ON CLEARLAKE LAKE, LAKEPORT, CA.

N111W, GRUMMAN G-44A / NAVY J4F-2, WIDGEON (FLOATPLANE).

AS THE FLOATPLANE WAS SETTING-UP FOR A WATER LANDING ONTO CLEARLAKE LAKE 1/8 OF A MILE FROM THE SHORE LINE NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF LAKEPORT, NEAR THE SKYLARK HOTEL BOAT DOCKS.

THE PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING SURFACE OF THE LAKE, RESULTING THE FLOATPLANE FLIPPED NOSE OVER UPSIDE DOWN ONTO THE AIRCRAFT BACK AND THEN SUBMERGED TO SINK IN 12 FOOT OF WATER.  PILOT WAS NOT INJURED/ PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURY.

## 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 GAA16CA509](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA509), Sep 17, 2016: Grumman G44 (N111W), Lakeport, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to retract the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-down water landing and a nose over.

## Other reports on N111W (2)

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

- [Incident 19870411026059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870411026059I), Apr 11, 1987: Gulstm G44A (N111W), Minden, NV, Minor damage. While expanding experience in aircraft pilots, landed gear up. Warning lights found to be inoperative.
- [Accident 19790330006309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790330006309A), Mar 30, 1979: Gulstm G44A (N111W), Delta, UT, Substantial damage. One engine failed. Unable to maintain flight on other engine. Landed in desert. Engine report to be sent later.

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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