- Date
- October 18, 1986, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Folsom, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1118LLake LA4-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861018049249A
- Case key
- 25455
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a local cross country pleasure flight, the pilot attempted a landing on lake Folsom. Upon touchdown the aircraft began settling in the water then nosed over and sank. The pilot stated he felt there was an object in the water that was struck. Witnesses however, stated that the aircraft touched down once briefly, pulled up, then on the second touchdown, it nosed over. According to one witness, the aircraft was landed with a quartering tail wind. Aprx 12 mi NE, the sacramento wind was from 310 deg at 16 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1118L
- Reported as
- Lake LA4-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 280
- Airframe hours
- 1,618
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl Allen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 1986 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- AUN · Auburn, CA
- Destination
- Folsom, CA
- Airport
- Folsom Lake
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,241 total · 70 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC, 12 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.
Other investigations on N1118L · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.