# Accident 20090419004969A: Amtr SEAREY, Littleton, NC, April 19, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2009, 10:12 local time
- Place: Littleton, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5044° N, 78.8750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5044&lon=-78.8750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915TR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915TR-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Longevity SEAREY (registry code 05618OZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-longevity-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX914UL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090419004969A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT TAKING WIFE ON PLEASURE FLIGHT.  ON APPROACH TO WATER LANDING, PILOT EXTENDED LANDING GEAR.  ON TOUCHDOWN, EXTENDED LANDING GEAR CAUSED AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER, THEN SUBMERGE ENDING UP INVERTED BELOW THE SURFACE.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO USE EMERGENCY EXIT PROCEDURES TO EXTRACT HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE FROM AIRPLANE, WHILE UNDERWATER AND AIRPLANE INVERTED.  PILOT REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT, STATING THAT HE AND HIS WIFE ONLY HAD MINOR SCRAPES AND BRUISES.  PASSENGER (WIFE) WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FORWARD SECTION, WING STRUTS, DISTORTED WING STRUCTURE, AND LANDING GEAR.  ADDITIONAL DAMAGE DURING RECOVERY WAS SUBSTANTIAL, CRUSHING AFT FUSELAGE AND WINGS.  ENGINE APPARENTLY SUFFERED HYDRAULIC LOCK, ENTERING THE WATER RUNNING AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO PROP/ENGINE.

## 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 ERA09CA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA254), Apr 19, 2009: American Longevity Searey (N915TR), Littleton, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure the landing gear was properly configured for the water landing.

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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