- Date
- September 8, 2000, 09:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place
- Laconia, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2594PLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000908040069A
- Case key
- 50206
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor in the accident was the large wave.
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
While performing a touch-and-go on a lake, at a speed of about 50 knots, the airplane passed through the wake of a motorboat. The pilot attempted to abort the takeoff; however, the airplane nosed over, before re-floating upright on its pontoons.
Factual narrative
On September 8, 2000, about 0925 Eastern Daylight Time, a Lake LA-4-200, N2594P, was substantially damaged during a touch and go landing on Lake Winnipesaukee, Laconia, New Hampshire. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, he over flew the lake at 500 feet for an intended landing. The water conditions looked "good," and the pilot observed two boats that were about 1 mile from the area where he planned to land. The airplane touched down on the lake and the pilot elected to perform a touch-and-go. As the takeoff run began, at a speed of about 50 knots, the airplane passed through the wake of a motorboat. The pilot attempted to abort the takeoff; however, the airplane nosed over, before re-floating upright on its pontoons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2594P
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 878
- Airframe hours
- 1,504
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nh Waterbirds LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 2000 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- LCI · NH
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,202 total · 76 in this make and model · 1,093 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LCI, 1 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.