Consolidated Aeronautics INC. LAKE LA-4-200 accident near Lodi, California, June 22, 2022
On June 22, 2022 at about 8:00 pm local time, a 1976 Consolidated Aeronautics INC. LAKE LA-4-200, registered N6150V, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (aborted after touchdown) near Lodi, California (Lodi airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s premature retraction of the landing gear during a go-around, which resulted in a gear up landing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 22, 2022 · about 8:00 pm local time · cases in 2022
- Place
- Lodi, California · Lodi · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Consolidated Aeronautics INC. LAKE LA-4-200, built 1976 · all LAKE LA-4-200s on the register
- Registration
- N6150V · registry record · serial 804
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot in the amphibious airplane reported that, he was going to land on the runway. During the approach he slowed too much, and the airplane bounced during the landing. The pilot elected to go around but retracted the landing gear before applying power. The airplane subsequently settled to the runway with the landing gear retracted. The keel of the amphibious airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Attempted remediation/recovery during landing (aborted after touchdown)
- Landing gear not configured during landing (aborted after touchdown) defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › (general) › Pilot
- Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action › Incorrect action sequence › Pilot
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: glider
- Flight time: 1,261 hours in all; 7 in this make and model; 34 in the last 90 days; 15 in the last 30 days; 1,040 as pilot in command; 510 on instruments
- Last flight review: May 24, 2021
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,000 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, June 22, 2022; 1 hours since
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Lycoming IO360 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 26, 3,547 ft by 40 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 92°F (33°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter: 29.85 inHg
Weather report (METAR): 12:55 PM 92 °F 53 °F 27 % VAR 6 mph 0 mph 29.85 in 0.0 in Fair
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 |
Photographs from the investigation 1 picture from the NTSB's docket, as the NTSB released them
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Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
5 documents, released by the NTSB on November 10, 2022. View them here, or download them; the NTSB redacts some personal details before release, and this site shows the NTSB's own titles rather than its file names.
| # | Document | What it is | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot/operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 | PDF, 11 pages | View Download |
| 2 | Pilot Email Statement | PDF, 2 pages | View Download |
| 3 | Damage Assessment Email 1 | PDF, 1 page | View Download |
| 4 | Damage Assessment Email 2 | PDF, 1 page | View Download |
| 5 | Photo | PDF, 1 page · our copy | View Download |
The same docket at the NTSB · documents without a copy here are fetched from the NTSB when you open them.
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N6150V on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200 140 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Engine: Lycoming IO360 8,561 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Lodi Airport · nearest airport
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,096 in the last ten years
- California 28,134 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/WPR22LA327.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
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