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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Polari POLARIS · Navarre, FL · July 20, 2008

Date: July 20, 2008 · 14:30 local
Place: Navarre, FL
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N35080
Reported as: Polari Polaris
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 270 total130 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N35080Registered now · Polaris Flying Inflatable Boat POLARISS/N 013932 Airframe modelPolaris Flying Inflatable Boat POLARIS Engine modelRotax 582SER2 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After making a water landing, pilot made a high speed downwind turn to the left, the left rear float had deflated during the preceeding flight, the aircraft settled on the left side, the left wing struck the water causing the aircraft to go inverted and sinking in the water. Aircraft received minor damage as a result of this incident and minor injuries were reported for the pilot and passenger.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER MAKING A WATER LANDING, PILOT MADE A HIGH SPEED DOWNWIND TURN TO THE LEFT, THE LEFT REAR FLOAT HAD DEFLATED DURING THE PRECEEDING FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE WATER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GO INVERTED AND SINKING IN THE WATER. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT AND MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED FOR THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.