Year 1977

Make LAKE, Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. (Aerofab Inc.)

Model LA-4-200 Buccaneer

Registration C-FPOT

Serial 809

Airframe 1950.0 hrs TTSN

• Airframe is straight, fast, true and the Hull is tight.
• LCAS Horizontal Stabilizer Brackets Installed  (Removes AD Inspection requirements)
• No serious damage history.
  • 1) Right Sponson and Wing Tip replaced October 1982.
  • 2) RH gear collapse due to hydraulic pump being left off, January 16, 2018. Fully Repaired by Spring Aviation.

• One key fits Ignition and BOTH Canopies (Super Rare and very handy!)
• South Wind 940-J12 Cabin Heater and Cover Installed May 14, 1991,  Current AD Inspection
• Hobbs Meter for timing South Wind Heater and other component maintenance.
• PulseLight Landing Light System
• Hydro Booster Kit STC (aka Hull Strakes) installed 1982 for added strength on rough water and tighter cornering on Step Turns.  Also provides some damage protection against submerged obstacles.
• LCAS Wing Root Fairings STC, freshly re-sealed.  The MOST IMPORTANT and Beneficial performance mod for a Buccaneer!
• Split Rear Seats with Separate Harness.  Comes with Weight and Balance Configurations to operate with any combination of No Rear Seats / 1 Rear Seat / Both Rear Seats installed
• Three Cabin Vents on each side for much better ventilation
• Single Centre Forward Upper Bollard
• NEW LCAS Nose Chrome Mooring Ring in Delrin Anchor Block
• NEW LCAS STC Front Axle Assembly, prevents the axle from ever falling out. (This was a deficiency in the original design, and it has happened!)
• NEW Nose Tire and Tube
• NEW Nose Wheel Bearings and Race
• NEW LCAS Nose Wheel Scissor Links
• NEW LCAS Nose Wheel Shimmy Damper and Lining
• NEW LCAS PMA Aileron and Elevator Push-Pull Tubes (Absolutely critical safety-of-flight parts that we find badly corroded on so many Lakes not maintained by us.)
• NEW Rare Earth Magnet in Engine Pylon to hold Fuel Door open when filling. Fuel Door and Gas Cap Painted Holland Yellow.  Helps prevent leaving the Gas Cap off or loose to go through the propeller!
• NEW LCAS Stainless Sponson Tie Down Rings
• NEW LCAS Long Point Sponson Bumpers
• NEW LCAS Ramping Tail Wheel / Tie Down
• Pilot and Co-Pilot Canopy Hold-Open Springs with black Spirax wrap for rigidity
• ALL NEW Pilot and Co-Pilot Canopy Seals
• NEW Multi Point Heavy Duty Cargo Rings
• NEW Aft Floor Boards, stained, sealed and varnished
• NEW Vertical Stab-to-Horizontal Stab U-Channel with fresh Bostic Sealant
• NEW Hard-Wired Two Pin Disconnectable Battery Minder
• NEW Fore and Aft In-Floor Manual Bilge Pump-out Modification (Manual pumping saves the Ships Battery for starting when in the bush or away from base. This double Mod gets ALL the water out, right to the tail!)
• Navigation Lights with Lamp Reflectors
• Light Deflector on Left Wing beside Landing and Taxi Lights

Fuel

• 40 US Gallon Standard Rubber Bladder Tank

Exterior & Paint

• Complete Strip, Etch, Prime and Acra-Glow Paint May 12, 1991, Base Matterhorn White with Red and Gold accents.  Very good condition, with minor touch-ups
• Exterior professionally treated with Aircraft Grade Ceramic Coating (not automotive or boat product)
• Washed and detailed after every flying day.

Engine

• 200 hp Lycoming IO-360 A1B, SN: L-16711-51A
• 1950 TTSN  (First Run) This engine will go the distance well past TBO. (Read Mike Busch, Savvy Aviator, about the completely bogus concept of TBO that was abandoned by the military and airlines 75 years ago!)
• Straight Port Exhaust, (aka Tuned Pusher Exhaust) Lowest drag, fastest and most powerful configuration.  Actually creates exhaust thrust!
• Engine is dry and tight, compressions good and makes excellent power
• Runs Phillips 20W50 X/C oil, always with Camgaurd
• Safe Heet Model 700 engine sump heater installed October 27, 2016.
• Challenger Aviation Products STC SE02352CH Permanent Oil Filter installed August 26, 2023
• SkyTec Lightweight Starter
• LCAS STC Induction Air Scoop, gives an additional 1″ of Manifold Pressure for better performance.
• ALL NEW Engine Mount Rubbers, Bolts and Hardware in September 2024.  Essential for vibration reduction and best take-off and cruise performance.

Propeller

• Model: Hartzell HC-C24K-1BL
• Hub: CH39827B  (No recurring AD Inspections required)
• Blades: FL7666A-2 Wide Chord
• Spinner: Polished Aluminum  (Rare!)
• 205.5 hrs SMOH April 11, 2016 by Western Propeller

Interior

• Pilot and Co-Pilot Control Yokes refinished in White Enamel
• Brown Cloth centre panels with Brown Vinyl sides and back, 8 / 10
• Brown Cloth Sidewall Panels with Pilot and Copilot Map Pockets 8 /10
• Brown fitted Aircraft Carpet Kit, 7/10
• White Kydex Headliner, 9/10
• All Switches well and clearly labelled
• Front Seats with Four Point Harness
• Rear Seats each have individual harness
• Custom Lake Tool Caddy at Pilot Entrance w/required Lake Tools and Golf Tees for Insect Protection
• Operating Controls painted Standard Colours for easy recognition and safety; Throttle is Black, Mixture is Red, Propeller is Dark Blue, Landing Gear Lever is Hi-Vis Orange, Water Rudder lever is Light Blue
• Folding Coat Hooks on both sides of aft cabin

Avionics

• Comm 1:  Collins VHF-251 TSO
• NAV 1 : Collins VOR / ILS Head
• Comm 2: ICOM IC-A210
• NAV2: Collins ADF 650 TSO
• Transponder: Collins TDR-950 TSO W Mode C
• Intercom: Sigtronics SPA- 40 TSO  Four Place Intercom
• ARTEX 450 ELT, 406 Mhz
• 2 X 12 Volt Power Sockets, one on each side of the panel.
• Colour Coded Switch Covers

Logbooks

• All Logbooks since Factory New (Rare!)
• Imported into Canada March 12, 1993 at 1137.8 TTSN

Maintenance

• Continuous Professional Maintenance by Licenced AMO’s;
• August 2015 to January 16, 2019 by Spring Aviation Ltd, Kamloops, BC
• October 24, 2019 to present exclusively by Lake Central Air Services Inc. Muskoka, Ontario

Maintenance and Operational SOP’s

• 1) Airframe treated with ACF 50 Anti-Corrosion film
• 2) Always runs Cam Guard in the engine
• 3) Always runs Phillips 20W50 X/C engine oil for best year-round starting and lubrication
• 4) Always uses Lucas Blue Marine Grease for lubrication
• 5) Always Pressure Lubricated after each flying day, especially the wheel bearings after water landings
• 6) Always pre-heated for starting below 10 C
• 7) Always loaded full of fuel to help prevent drying and cracking of the rubber bladder in the aluminum tank bay.

Includes

• LCAS Engine Cover
• LCAS Canopy Cover
• Custom painted / logo’d LAKE Anchor on 50 feet of double marine braid anchor line with proper brass clip to the Ballast Box
• Double Marine Braid Ropes
• 2 X Rescue Orange Collapsible Paddles
• 2 X Control Locks
• Custom Wheel Chocks
• NEW Reflective Pitot Cover
• 2 X White 5″ Rubber Fenders
• Load Securement Bungees
• Custom High Visibility, Heavy Duty LAKE Buccaneer Fuel Dipstick
• First Aid Kit
• Tool Kit

Storage

• Always stored in a climate controlled hangar except when fishing!

The C-FPOT Story

Some airplanes go through the hands of a series of indifferent owners who do the minimum, pinch pennies and essentially “consume” the aircraft over time.  The lucky ones go to real “keeners”.  These keeners are stewards of the aircraft who play for the long haul.  POT has always been a very lucky airplane. Over her 48 years, she has consistently been owned by a series of serious, knowledgeable and well-financed stewards who treated her gently and took excellent care of her.  They spent the money to upgrade her so that she has all of the good mods for pilots who really know the back country and want a properly equipped airplane to get in and back out safely.  POT has been maintained on the “open chequebook policy”…whatever she needed she got without question, and every year upgrades have been added.  Money has never been an object to maintenance.

There are lots of cheaper Buccaneers out there, and if price is your main driver, then those airplanes should be where you focus your efforts. And when you find one of those, be sure that you have Lake Central do your Pre-Purchase Inspection (PPI) because chances are awfully good you’re going to get some big, expensive surprises.  But, particularly if you’ve previously owned an aircraft or two, you appreciate how critical it is to buy and fly a “good bones” aircraft.  Either you have “good bones”  from the start or you don’t.  You can’t add them after the fact.  Many are those who have fallen into the trap of buying a “cheap” airplane only to find that they need to mortgage their home to fix all the “broken bones” and corrosion inside after they own it.  In aviation, more than any other field, you get exactly what you pay for.

Some airplanes get “rode hard and put up wet” like an unhappy, unloved horse. They accumulate scrapes, bangs and a list of undocumented snags that goes on for years. They start to look and operate like they are cobbled together with not a thought or care to the fact that these beautiful Lake Aircraft are a hand-built, finite resource.  Buccaneers have not been built since the 1981 model year.  The number shrinks a little each year through attrition.  Thank goodness Lake Central holds Parts Manufacturing Authority (PMA) for so many Lake parts to keep the fleet flying for decades to come.  And, they are the Brain Trust and Experience Bank for everything Lake Aircraft.  The knowledge and skills on the shop floor combine Old School and cutting edge technology that makes a Lake Central maintained and modified aircraft better and safer than the day they rolled off the assembly line.

If you want a panel full of glass avionics, then POT is not your airplane today.  She flies into the bush fishing where there are no people or airplanes to talk to, and no RNAV approaches to shoot to get to where the walleye live. POT is a basic VFR aircraft because that is the life she leads. If you want lots of glass and fancy avionics, POT would be a great platform to build from because it starts with “good bones”.  If you are in love with avionics, paint and fancy interiors, then POT could become that airplane, but her whole existence has prioritized ruggedness, reliability, airworthiness and safety for VFR flight in some very rough country.  If that is the same mission and kind of country you fly over and into, then POT might be just the right aircraft for you.

Let’s be clear; Money alone does not buy POT.  She is my personal baby.  I selected her for the reasons listed above and, working with the professional AME’s at Lake Central, have spent a lot of time and money building her into the perfect airplane for safe bush flying with my family.  As it is time to retire, it is also time to pass the role of stewardship of my aircraft on to the right person.  Anyone who wishes to steward POT forward should consider this an “adoption”.  Bring your credentials, your knowledge and your passion for seaplane flying, and let’s talk.  This in no way precludes new Owner/ Pilots who are prepared to complete the full Lake Amphibian Pilot Training Program (LAPTP) and immerse themselves in learning the aircraft and how to look after it going forward.