# Incident 20030507022529I: Amtr SEAREY, Sebring, FL, May 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2003, 14:47 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4729° N, 81.4468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sebring, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4729&lon=-81.4468&mi=10
- Aircraft: N902SQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N902SQ-2016-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Skyquest SEAREY (registry code 05605B0, https://openairdocs.org/model/skyquest-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 ROTAX914
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030507022529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 7, 2003, MR. PETER FUSS, HOLDER OF PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 1518474, WAS OPERATING HIS EXPERIMENTAL SEA RAY AMPHIBIAN N902SQ OVER LAKE JACKSON NEAR SEBRING, FLORIDA WHEN HE INITIATED AN APPROACH AND LANDING ON THE LAKE. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FAULTY LANDING WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED AND BEGAN TO "PORPOISE" ON THE LAKE ON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE WATER. ON THE THIRD OSCILLATION, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED INTO THE LAKE SUBMERGING THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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