# Accident 20000517008899A: Shapiro Daniel Allen 1DK, Morganton, NC, May 17, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2000, 19:30 local time
- Place: Morganton, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7403° N, 81.6907° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7403&lon=-81.6907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8096A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8096A-2013-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shapiro Daniel Allen 1DK (registry code 056071D, https://openairdocs.org/model/shapiro-daniel-allen-1dk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000517008899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 17, 2000, ABOUT 1930 RDT, A HOMEBUILT AMPHIBIAN 1DK, N8096A, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, NOSED OVER AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON LAKE JAMES, NEAR MORGANANTON, 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 PRIVATE PILOT WITH SINGLE ENGINE LAND RATING, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 1830 FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NAMED CLYDE VALLEY, LOCATED NEAR MORGANANTON, NORTH CAROLINA.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF HE PERFORMED AIRWORK THEN FLEW TOWARDS LAKE JAMES AND LANDED ON THE WATER.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE CLIMBED ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE THE WATER THEN ELECTED TO LAND ON THE WATER WHERE HE PLANNED A FULL STOP LANDING.  AFTER THE SECOND LANDING, HE REDUCED THE THROTTLE CONTROL AND NOSTED THAT THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY NOSED OVER.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT THIS WAS HIS FIRST TIME LANDING HIS AIRPLANE THAT HE FUILT ON THE WATER.

## 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 MIA00LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA160), May 17, 2000: Daniel A. Shapiro Searey 1DK (N8096A), Morganton, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent forward elevator input by the pilot-in-command while reducing throttle control resulting in the airplane nose-over.

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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