# Accident 20060326004929A: Amtr SEAREY, Vicksburg, MS, March 26, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2006, 15:20 local time
- Place: Vicksburg, MS
- Airport: Vicksburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2369° N, 90.9236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2369&lon=-90.9236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42685, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42685-2008-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waterwings SEAREY (registry code 05619D4, https://openairdocs.org/model/waterwings-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,530 total, 29 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060326004929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE TOOK OFF FROM VKS AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1505 LCL AND FLEW WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHICH IS 3 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT. HE FURTHER STATED HE DESCENDED TO ABOUT TEN FEET ABOVE THE RIVER SURFACE AS HE PASSED THE LETOURNEAU FACILITY LOCATED ON THE RIVER HE NOTICED HIS LANDING GEAR WAS STILL DOWN. HE INADVERTENTLY REDUCED THE THROTTLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETRACT THE GEAR. THE NOSE DIPPED AND STRUCK THE WATER AT 70-75 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO VIOLENT STOP AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND IT SANK INTO THE RIVER. THE AIRCRAFT SANK AND ALL ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THE AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW06CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA092), Mar 26, 2006: Waterwings SeaRey (N42685), Vicksburg, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent reduction of power resuting in a collision with water. Contributing factors were the low altiude selected and the pilot's inattention.

## Other reports on N42685 (1)

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

- [Incident 20050705013949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050705013949I), Jul 5, 2005: Amtr SEAREY (N42685), Plymouth, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On 5 July 2005, at approximately 16:00 EDT, the pilot [privacy data omitted] holder of commercial pilot certificate [privacy data omitted] was operating…

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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