Cook COOT A N12QQ

Summary

On 12 May 2002 at about 21:00 local time, a Cook COOT A registered N12QQ was involved in an accident near Harrison, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 May 2002 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Harrison, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

47.4544, -116.7914

Aircraft

Cook COOT A

Registration

N12QQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Coeur d' Alene → Harrison

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA02LA081

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's failure to detect an unsafe boat wake during the landing process, and his inadvertent initiation of a porpoise after coming in contact with the boat wake just after touchdown on a body of water. Factors include a large wake wave/swell created by the movement of a boat in the area where the pilot chose to land.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot, who had done a number of touch-and-go water landings just prior to the accident, thought he was landing in an area where the water was relatively calm and undisturbed. But he failed to detect the wake of a boat that had been operating in the area, and almost immediately after touchdown, the aircraft encountered the wave/swell from the wake and started porpoising. The aircraft contacted the water two more times, and on the final contact, the right wingtip was buried in the water resulting in substantial damage to the airframe.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.