- Date
- August 31, 1988, 19:30 local (Sep 1, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fox Lake, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8012ALake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880831038629A
- Case key
- 14157
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt had just completed a course at the lake acft factory school, but had not yet obtained a seaplane rating. After he flew home, he landed on local lakes. He reported that drg a landing on calm water, he expected to hear a 'slush sound' as the hull touched the water, but instead, there was a 'loud noise as the acft decelerated rapidly & water came thru the floor. Subsequently, the amphibious acft nosed over & came to rest with the bottom missing from the cockpit to the tail section. The plt indcd that drg a landing in shallow water ' . . . The aircraft imbedded itself on the bottom of the lake in mud.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8012A
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1065
- Airframe hours
- 659
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Salata, John L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1988 · 33 hours before
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 784 total · 55 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 32 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.