# Accident 20080704855259A: Stolac UC1, Bunnell, FL, July 4, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2008, 11:45 local time
- Place: Bunnell, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7789° N, 81.3439° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7789&lon=-81.3439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9509U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9509U-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stol UC-1 (registry code 8640202, https://openairdocs.org/model/stol-uc-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STOLAC UC1
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 80 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080704855259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 4, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 EDT, A STOL UC-1 AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N9509U, S/N 021 PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GIVING INSTRUCTION OF STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING GLASSY WATER LANDINGS AT DEAD LAKE, FLORIDA (FLAGLER COUNTY).  UPON FIRST LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED 2-5 FEET UP AND CAME DOWN AGAIN LOOSING IT'S RIGHT WING SPONSON. THE RIGHT WING DIPPED INTO THE WATER AND THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED 180 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT PRIOR TO STOPPING.  MINOR INJURIES OF PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT WERE TREATED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND RELEASED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 NYC08CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA241), Jul 4, 2008: Stol UC-1 Twin Bee (N9509U), Bunnell, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N9509U (1)

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

- [Incident 19920922041749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920922041749I), Sep 22, 1992: Stolac UC1 (N9509U), Laconia, NH, Minor damage. Twin bee amphiban landed at airport with the landing gear retracted. Pilot check ride.

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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