Date:	Sunday 6 May 2012
Time:	13:45
Type:	Lake LA-4
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N7615L
MSN:	388
Year of manufacture:	1968
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	None
Location:	San Francisco Bay near Palo Alto Airport - KPAO, Palo Alto, CA -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	KPAO
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Lake LA-4 Buccaneer experienced nose landing gear problems and performed an emergency water landing in the San Francisco Bay and came ashore near the Embarcadero Road windsurfing station near it's intended destination of Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County - KPAO, Palo Alto, California.

No damage to the aircraft or injuries have been reported.

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25275
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/peninsula&id=8650720
https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/05/06/amphibious-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-in-bay/

http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/7/8/1868876.jpg (photo)

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-May-2012 22:11	Geno	Added
07-May-2012 00:21	RobertMB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]