# Accident 20000326006869A: Amtr SEAREY, Kill Devil Hill, NC, March 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2000, 15:54 local time
- Place: Kill Devil Hill, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0100° N, 75.6601° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0100&lon=-75.6601&mi=10
- Aircraft: N246DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N246DB-2002-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bair Helicopters SEAREY (registry code 05625MC, https://openairdocs.org/model/bair-helicopters-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: 3,600 total, 70 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000326006869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON WATER WHEN HE ALLOWED AIRSPEED TO GET TO LOW AND STALLED AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER DUE TO LOW ALTITUDE (50 FEET) AND IMPACTED WATER.                  (.4)ON MARCH 26, 2000, ABOUT 1554 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A HOMEBUILT AMPHIBIOUS SEAREY, N246DB, REGISTERED TO TAIL FEATHER LLC, EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO ROANOKE SOUND NEAR KILL DEVIL HILLS, NORTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 1530, FROM KILL DEVIL HILLS, NORTH CAROLINA. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF HE PERFORMED ONE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING ON THE WATER WHERE THE AIRPLANE IS BASED THEN FLEW NORTH OF THERE THEN RETURNED AND PERFORMED ONE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING ON THE WATER. WHILE TURNING LEFT BASE TO FINAL FOR THE PLANNED 3RD TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, WITH 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS EXTENDED, IN A 15-20 DEGREE ANGLE OF BANK, AND WITH THE POWER REDUCED, THE PASSENGER CALLED OUT THAT THE INDICATED AIR SPEED WAS 55 MILES PER HOUR. THE PILOT LATER REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT MONITOR THE AIRSPEED DURING THE TURN. HE APPLIED PARTIAL POWER; THE ENGINE RESPONDED, THEN LOWERED THE NOSE. HE THEN APPLIED AFT ELEVATOR INPUT WITH NO RESPONSE. THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE WATER WHILE IN A LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO ENGINE OR FLIGHT CONTROL PREIMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION AND JUST BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE WATER THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST. ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE CO-OWNERS OF THE AIRPLANE, HE VERIFIED AILERON, RUDDER, AND ELEVATOR FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY FROM THE COCKPIT TO EACH CONTROL SURFACE AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA119), Mar 26, 2000: Bair Helicopters Searey (N246DB), Kill Devil Hill, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall by the pilot-in-command while on final approach resulting in the uncontrolled descent and in-flight collision with water.

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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