# Incident 20040805025859I: Amtr SEAREY, Winsted, MN, August 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2004, 13:38 local time
- Place: Winsted, MN
- Airport: Winsted Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9538° N, 94.0653° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINSTED MUNI (10D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9538&lon=-94.0653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456SR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N456SR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Reid Robert J SEAREY (registry code 05606D3, https://openairdocs.org/model/reid-robert-j-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 ROTAX912
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040805025859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTS THAT UPON LANDING IN SOUTH LAKE NEAR WINSTEAD MN. SOON AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT JUST FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. PILOT REPORTS THAT THERE WAS A FLOATING BOG PRESENT DURING THE RECOVERY PROCESS AND HE SUSPECTD THAT HE HIT THIS FLOATING BOG. PILOT STATED THAT THIS BOG WAS FOUND JUST BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE LEFT SPONSON AND LEFT STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND WITH MINOR DAMAGE FROM IMPACT, THE GEAR WAS FOUND RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT HOWEVER SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE DURING THE RECOVERY PROCESS AND IS CONSIDERED BY OWNER TO BE A TOTAL LOSS. PILOT RECEIVED MINOR SCRATCHES ON HIS NOSE.

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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