# Accident 20200603007799A: Icon Aircraft Inc A5, Duluth, MN, June 3, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2020, 16:40 local time
- Place: Duluth, MN
- Airport: Sky Harbor Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7253° N, 92.0481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7253&lon=-92.0481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N838BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N838BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Icon A5 (registry code 06001A7, https://openairdocs.org/model/icon-a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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: 1,741 total, 85 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200603007799A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WATER TAXIED FOR PREPARATION FOR TAKE-OFF AS HE ADDED POWER HE HEARD A LOUD THUD, FELT A VERY STRONG VIBRATION AND LOST FORWARD THRUST, NOTICED WATER COMING IN ACTIVATED THE BILGE PUMP DONNED THEIR LIFE VESTS AND SWAM FOR A PONTOON BOAT THAT CAME TO HELP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP AND PULLED OUT OF THE WATER. DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE FUSELAGE BELOW THE ENGINE AND EMPENNAGE. A HOLE WAS FOUND GOING THROUGH THE EMPENNAGE.

## 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 CEN20LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA207), Jun 3, 2020: Icon A5 (N838BA), Duluth, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to remove an object from the airplane’s exterior, which impacted the propeller blades when he applied full power, causing them to fracture and damage the airplane.

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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