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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Okun FPNA DRIFTER · Sebring, FL · August 3, 2008

Date
August 3, 2008 · 12:59 local
Place
Sebring, FL
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N444FP
Reported as
Okun Fpnadrifter
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total3,000 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) privacy data omitted was giving instruction in the aircraft. They had completed several landing on the runway and decided to do some water landings. The pilot forgot to raise the landing gear prior to making a water landing. The aircraft had turned over on its back when it contacted the water. There was very little damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION IN THE AIRCRAFT. THEY HAD COMPLETED SEVERAL LANDING ON THE RUNWAY AND DECIDED TO DO SOME WATER LANDINGS. THE PILOT FORGOT TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO MAKING A WATER LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TURNED OVER ON ITS BACK WHEN IT CONTACTED THE WATER. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.