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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lake LA-4-200 · Skiatook, OK · October 12, 2019

Date: October 12, 2019 · 10:20 local
Place: Skiatook, OK
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1071L
Reported as: Lake LA-4-200
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,912 total124 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

N1071LRegistered now · Lake LA-4-200S/N 664 · Built 1975 Airframe modelLake LA-4-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On Saturday October 12, 2019. The pilot in command was conducting a flight training flight in N1071L, a 1975 buccaneer Lake amphibian. The training took place around Skiatook Lake, near tulsa, Oklahoma. N107IL configured for a water landing and surveyed Skiatook Lake for a suitable water landing. Aircraft landed and settled into a displace taxi. Wind was 10 knots out of the south east. Pilot in command stated that water conditions at that time were a little rough. The pilot in command stated that during take the aircraft pitched upward and then back down into the water and oscillated and the aircraft listed to the left. The aircraft sustained wing tip damage and the left sponson was detached

As the FAA filed it

ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 12, 2019. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS CONDUCTING A FLIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT IN N1071L, A 1975 BUCCANEER LAKE AMPHIBIAN. THE TRAINING TOOK PLACE AROUND SKIATOOK LAKE, NEAR TULSA, OKLAHOMA. N107IL CONFIGURED FOR A WATER LANDING AND SURVEYED SKIATOOK LAKE FOR A SUITABLE WATER LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND SETTLED INTO A DISPLACE TAXI. WIND WAS 10 KNOTS OUT OF THE SOUTH EAST. PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT WATER CONDITIONS AT THAT TIME WERE A LITTLE ROUGH. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT DURING TAKE THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UPWARD AND THEN BACK DOWN INTO THE WATER AND OSCILLATED AND THE AIRCRAFT LISTED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED WING TIP DAMAGE AND THE LEFT SPONSON WAS DETACHED