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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SEAREY · Evansville, IN · May 12, 2001

Date: May 12, 2001 · 17:45 local
Place: Evansville, IN
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N98SJ
Reported as: Amtr Searey
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total215 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N98SJRegistered now · Blankenberger Steven W SEAREYS/N 1DK072 · Built 1998 Airframe modelBlankenberger Steven W SEAREY Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot flying from the right seat, was attempting a touch and go water landing. After landing and preparing for takeoff, the aircraft pitched down into the water and flipped over on its back. When aircraft was recovered, pilot noticed aircraft was trimmed nose down. Proper trim for takeoff on this aircraft is full nose up trim. Both pilots have sought and received counseling from the Searey manufacturer.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT, WAS ATTEMPTING A TOUCH AND GO WATER LANDING. AFTER LANDING AND PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN INTO THE WATER AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK. WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED, PILOT NOTICED AIRCRAFT WAS TRIMMED NOSE DOWN. PROPER TRIM FOR TAKEOFF ON THIS AIRCRAFT IS FULL NOSE UP TRIM. BOTH PILOTS HAVE SOUGHT AND RECEIVED COUNSELING FROM THE SEAREY MANUFACTURER.