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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Rogers MU 582 DRIFTER · Largo, FL · September 25, 2008

Date: September 25, 2008 · 18:15 local
Place: Largo, FL
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N4839A
Reported as: Rogers MU582DRIFTER
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 276 total182 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N4839ARegistered now · Rogers Henry J MU 582 DRIFTERS/N A062052 · Built 2005 Airframe modelRogers Henry J MU 582 DRIFTER Engine modelRotax 582DCDI-992 cycle

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What happened

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

On September 25, 2008, at 1815 EDT, an experimental light sport aircraft N4839A, registered to privacy data omitted experienced a hard landing upon landing at lake seminole, pinellas county, Florida while on a part 91 local flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the student and passenger were not injured. The flight originated from lake seminole, Florida on September 25, 2008 at 1800 hours. The pilot and passenger reported that the flight consisted of several turns over the lake surface, and that that the aircraft stopped flying approximately 20 feet above the water. The aircraft was equipped with floats. One float seperated from the aircraft on landing; the other sustained damage. The sport-pilot-certificated pilot had not been endorsed for seaplane category aircraft and had not completed three takeoffs and three landings prior to carrying a passenger.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2008, AT 1815 EDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT N4839A, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING UPON LANDING AT LAKE SEMINOLE, PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA WHILE ON A PART 91 LOCAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAKE SEMINOLE, FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 AT 1800 HOURS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED THAT THE FLIGHT CONSISTED OF SEVERAL TURNS OVER THE LAKE SURFACE, AND THAT THAT THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED FLYING APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH FLOATS. ONE FLOAT SEPERATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING; THE OTHER SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE SPORT-PILOT-CERTIFICATED PILOT HAD NOT BEEN ENDORSED FOR SEAPLANE CATEGORY AIRCRAFT AND HAD NOT COMPLETED THREE TAKEOFFS AND THREE LANDINGS PRIOR TO CARRYING A PASSENGER.