# Incident 20040911021669I: Amtr SEAREY, New Milford, CT, September 11, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2004
- Place: New Milford, CT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5803° N, 73.4039° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Milford, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5803&lon=-73.4039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40DJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40DJ-2025-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Decker Daniel B SEAREY (registry code 05610JV, https://openairdocs.org/model/decker-daniel-b-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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 19 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/20040911021669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. DECKER DEPARTED FROM WHELAN FARMS AIRPORT (CT01). AFTER FLYING IN THE LOCAL AREA OF CT01 FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES MR. DECKER FLEW TO WATERBURY-OXFORD AND CONDUCTED A FEW TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. MR. DECKER THEN PROCEEDED TO CANDLEWOOD LAKE. AFTER OVERFLYING THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE LAKE HE DECIDED TO LAND ON THE WATER. AFTER COMPLETING A NORMAL PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST AND ASSURING THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WATER, THE NOSE DOVE ABRUPTLY INTO THE WATER AND THE AIRCRAFT SANK NOSE LOW. MR. DECKER SAFELY EGRESSED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, WITH A MINOR CUT ON THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE. BOATERS CAME TO MR. DECKERS ASSISTANCE AND GAVE HIM A RIDE TO SHORE, THEN TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO GERARD'S WATERS EDGE MARINA.

## Other reports on N40DJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20250223004179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250223004179A), Feb 23, 2025: Decker Daniel B SEAREY (N40DJ), Tavares, FL, Destroyed. The pilot stated, on 2/23/2025, I was PIC of [privacy data omitted], departed klna approximately 11AM enroute to gainesville airport, with a planned refueling…

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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