- Date
- September 21, 1991, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wilton, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1012LLake LA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910921063029A
- Case key
- 37017
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing on rough water which resulted in the right wing tip contacting the water causing the airplane to nose over and sink. Factors related to the accident were, the pilot's low time and experience in this type aircraft.
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
The pilot said when he landed on rough water the airplane bounced and the right wing tip contacted the water. The airplane nosed over and sank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1012L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 225
- Airframe hours
- 1,928
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AI0, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Al'S Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Al'S Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1991 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 3B5
- Destination
- 3B5
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 172 total · 47 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.