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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr CHALLENGER II · Hot Springs, AR · May 28, 2004

Date: May 28, 2004 · 18:15 local
Place: Hot Springs, AR
Airport: Memorial Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N222TL
Reported as: Amtr Challengerii
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N222TLRegistration cancelled Jan 12, 2018 · Lawwill Ted CHALLENGER IIS/N CH2-1597 · Built 1997 Airframe modelLawwill Ted CHALLENGER II 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) Mr. Tobin stated that on 28 may 2004, he departed the Hot Springs airport (hot) at 6:15 pm flying west to lake hamilton to locate an empty area where he intended to land. He found an area with no boats or people in sight and set up to land. Mr. Tobin also stated all went according to plan until power was reduced and the floats started to come down off "step" and the nose gear contacted the surface of the water and dug in, flipping the plane over forward. The plane stopped and floated inverted. privacy data omittedY

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. TOBIN STATED THAT ON 28 MAY 2004, HE DEPARTED THE HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT (HOT) AT 6:15 PM FLYING WEST TO LAKE HAMILTON TO LOCATE AN EMPTY AREA WHERE HE INTENDED TO LAND. HE FOUND AN AREA WITH NO BOATS OR PEOPLE IN SIGHT AND SET UP TO LAND. MR. TOBIN ALSO STATED ALL WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN UNTIL POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE FLOATS STARTED TO COME DOWN OFF "STEP" AND THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND DUG IN, FLIPPING THE PLANE OVER FORWARD. THE PLANE STOPPED AND FLOATED INVERTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^Y