# Accident 20070901022419A: Amtr AVENTURAII, Okeechobee, FL, September 1, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2007, 09:45 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2628° N, 80.8497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2628&lon=-80.8497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444LT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444LT-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bencivenga Anthony J AVENTURA II (registry code 05619D7, https://openairdocs.org/model/bencivenga-anthony-j-aventura-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVENTURAII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 140 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070901022419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45 AM, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AVENTURA II SEAPLANE CRASHED INTO LAKE OKEECHOBEE FLORIDA FOLLOWING PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON LAKE. PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO LANDING, AT LAKE, AND WAS PREPARED TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER TOUCH AND GO LANDING WHEN PILOT MISJUDGED WAVE HEIGHT AND HIT NOSE OF AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE CAUSED TAIL OF AIRCRAFT TO IMPACT WATER SURFACE, THUS RESULTING IN A PITCHING OVER MOTION. PILOT HAD ONE HAND ON CONTROL STICK AND THE OTHER HAND ON THE THROTTLE. ABRUPT MOTIONS OF AIRCRAFT, DURING LANDING ATTEMPT, CAUSED PILOT TO APPLY FULL THROTTLE AND MOVE THE CONTROL STICK TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT TURNED AND YAWED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, EJECTING PILOT FROM AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO FLY, IN GROUND EFFECT, FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE BEFORE IMPACTING WATER AND FLIPPING OVER. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. PILOT HAS A SPORT CERTIFICATE.

## 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 MIA07CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA138), Sep 1, 2007: Anthony J. Bencivenga Aventura II (N444LT), Okeechobee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in the pilot being inadvertently ejected and the airplane's impact with the water during an…

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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