# Accident 19980915024569A: Amtr SEAREY, Chippewa Lake, OH, September 15, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1998, 18:30 local time
- Place: Chippewa Lake, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0741° N, 81.9035° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chippewa Lake, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0741&lon=-81.9035&mi=10
- Aircraft: N219LJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N219LJ-2004-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ankenbruck Wayne R SEAREY (registry code 05624YG, https://openairdocs.org/model/ankenbruck-wayne-r-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 30 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980915024569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.19)ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1998, ABOUT 1830 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A HOMEBUILT SEAREY, N219LJ, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A WATER LANDING ON LAKE CHIPPEWA, OHIO. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT BETWEEN WADSWORTH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (3G3), OHIO, AND LAKE CHIPPEWA.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON THE LAKE, AND ENCOUNTERED A WAKE FROM A MOTOR BOAT.  THE PILOT INCREASED POWER, AND THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED UP INTO THE AIR ABOUT 3 FEET.  IT CAME DOWN INTO A SECOND WAKE, THE NOSE DUG INTO THE WATER AND BROKE OFF, AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (.4) THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON A SMOOTH LAKE, AND ENCOUNTERED A WAKE FROM THE ONLY BOAT THAT WAS OPERATING AT THE TIME. THE PILOT INCREASED POWER TO GET UP 'ON STEP,' AND WHEN THE AIRPLANE HIT THE WAKE, IT BOUNCED UP INTO THE AIR ABOUT 3 FEET.  IT CAME DOWN INTO A SECOND WAKE, THE NOSE DUG INTO THE WATER AND BROKE OFF, AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER.  THE PILOT'S SEAPLANE TRANSITION TRAINING CONSISTED OF A CHECKOUT FROM HIS PARTNER, AND 8 TO 10 WATER LANDINGS.  HE HAD 34 WATER LANDINGS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  NEITHER HE NOR HIS PARTNER HAD A 'SINGLE-ENGINE SEA' AIRPLANE CLASS RATING.  HOWEVER, 14 CFR PART 61.31(K)(2) STATED THAT RATING LIMITATIONS DID NOT APPLY, EVEN WHEN CARRYING PASSENGERS, TO '(III) THE HOLDER OF A PILOT CERTIFICATE WHEN OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF AN EXPERIMENTAL OR PROVISIONAL AIRCRAFT TYPE CERTIFICATE.'  THE PILOT AND HIS PARTNER HAD PLANNED ON ATTENDING FORMAL TRAINING DURING THE UPCOMING WINTER.                      (-23) A/C DEPARTED 3G3 WITH PILOT AND ONE PAX., AND ATTEMPTED A WATER LANDING ON CHIPPEWA LAKE.  THE PILOT REPORTED INCREASING THE THROTTLE WHEN A WAKE FROM A BOAT CAME TOWARDS THE A/C ON LANDING.  THE A/C THEN BOUNCED UP APP ROX 3' AND BACK DOWN INTO A 2ND WAKE, WHICH CAUSED THE A/C TO SLOWLY FLIP OVER ONTO ITS BACK, BREAKING THE NOSE SECTION OF THE A/C. THE OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE A/C, AND WERE IMMEDIATELY PICKED UP BY A PASSING PRIVATE BOAT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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