20020813020459A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Championii · Foxboro, MA · August 13, 2002

Date: August 13, 2002 · 10:52 local
Place: Foxboro, MA
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N7072X
NTSB investigation: NTSBNYC02LA163
Reported as: Amtr Championii

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What happened

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(-23) Took off out of fisher field middleboro, MA. Circled lake mirimichi a few times. Headwind. Touched down on lake. Wind came up from left side, gave power & pontoon tip contacted water & a/c nosed in.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) TOOK OFF OUT OF FISHER FIELD MIDDLEBORO, MA. CIRCLED LAKE MIRIMICHI A FEW TIMES. HEADWIND. TOUCHED DOWN ON LAKE. WIND CAME UP FROM LEFT SIDE, GAVE POWER & PONTOON TIP CONTACTED WATER & A/C NOSED IN.

NTSB investigation

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