- Date
- April 28, 1990, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Have De Grace, MD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1086LLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900428012119A
- Case key
- 11589
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control, and used excessive braking trying to regain control.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After leaving the dock, the pilot stated that he checked for boat traffic in the area that he was going to use for takeoff. He noted that most of the boats were in the 20 foot range and were taveling in a north/south direction. About 3 seconds into his takeoff he observed a wake of water traveling east/west and elected to abort the takeoff. The aircraft collided with the wake about the time it combined with another wake traveling north/south which resulted in substantially damaging the a/c.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1086L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 679
- Airframe hours
- 1,116
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Seawind Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Seawind Airways, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1989
- Airport
- Havre De Grace Sea Plane, runway 18, 8,000 × 500 ft, water
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,055 total · 393 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 41 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.