# Incident 20000730025539I: Amtr AVENTURAII, Eastsound, WA, July 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Eastsound, WA
- Airport: Orcas Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7083° N, 122.9106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORCAS ISLAND (ORS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7083&lon=-122.9106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N272DL-2014-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lunde Duane J ADVENTURA II (registry code 05610JQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/lunde-duane-j-adventura-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVENTURAII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 442 total, 38 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000730025539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C IS AN EXPERIMENTAL ADVENTURA II AMPHIBIAN. PILOT STATED HE HAD JUST COMPLETED A 1.5 HOUR SOLO FLIGHT DURING WHICH HE COMPLETED APPROX. 20 WATER LANDINGS. DURING APPROACH TO RWY 34 AT EASTSOUND AIRPORT, ORCAS ISLAND, WA. THERE WERE NUMEROUS DISTRACTIONS: CONGESTED FREQUENCY AND SPECTATORS (FRIENDS). PILOT FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. MINOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO KEEL.

## Other reports on N272DL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20030429008409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030429008409I), Apr 29, 2003: Amtr AVENTURAII (N272DL), Orcas Island, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he had simply forgot to put the gear down. Pilot had been out doing water landings and while attempting to land at Orcas Island pilot…

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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