# Incident 20190512004539I: Icon Aircraft Inc A5, Lake Tapps, WA, May 12, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2019, 13:32 local time
- Place: Lake Tapps, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2195° N, 122.1709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Tapps, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2195&lon=-122.1709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N539SW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ICON AIRCRAFT INC A5
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 IS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 23 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190512004539I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING IN A LAKE, THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE HEIGHT OF WAVES IN CHOPPY WATER CAUSED BY BOATS IN THE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TOP OF A WAVE AND BOUNCED, BUT DID NOT HAVE POWER TO GO AROUND. THE SECOND TOUCH DOWN HIT HARD ON TOP OF ANOTHER WAVE, CAUSING A PIECE OF TRIM TO DETACH FROM LOWER PART OF THE HULL. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER, AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO SHALLOW WATER AT THE EDGE OF THE LAKE.

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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