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FAA accident report · Amtr SEAREY · St Helen, MI · August 23, 2008

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Date
August 23, 2008 · 19:30 local
Place
St Helen, MI
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N133RD
Reported as
Amtr Searey
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total150 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days
N133RDRegistered now · Drewyer Richard G SEAREYS/N 1DK396C · Built 2007Airframe modelDrewyer Richard G SEAREYEngine modelRotax 914 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23) Experimental, amphibious, Searey aircraft was landing on lake st. Helen in st. Helen mi. Pilot forgot to raise the landing gear for a water landing. The aircraft dove under the water upon touch down colapsing the fore deck and windscreen. The aircraft was subsequently swamped and floated upright until it was towed to shore. Minimal damage from impact but water damage to avionics and instruments significant.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) EXPERIMENTAL, AMPHIBIOUS, SEAREY AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON LAKE ST. HELEN IN ST. HELEN MI. PILOT FORGOT TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR FOR A WATER LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT DOVE UNDER THE WATER UPON TOUCH DOWN COLAPSING THE FORE DECK AND WINDSCREEN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SWAMPED AND FLOATED UPRIGHT UNTIL IT WAS TOWED TO SHORE. MINIMAL DAMAGE FROM IMPACT BUT WATER DAMAGE TO AVIONICS AND INSTRUMENTS SIGNIFICANT.