# Accident 20120524012269A: Lydon Patrick F SEAREY, Sanford, FL, May 24, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2012, 07:15 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7211° N, 81.2206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7211&lon=-81.2206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N252JB-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lydon Patrick F SEAREY (registry code 056021W, https://openairdocs.org/model/lydon-patrick-f-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LYDON PATRICK F SEAREY
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, recreational pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 350 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA361) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120524012269A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED (SFB) AND WAS IN-FLIGHT FOR ABOUT 2-3 MINUTES AND DECIDED TO DO A "SPLASH-DOWN" IN LAKE JESSUP.UPON TOUCHING DOWN IN THE WATER, THE PILOT ADVISED HE FELT SOME DRAG AND IMMEDIATLY FLIPPED-OVER AND WAS UPSIDE DOWN IN THE LAKE. THE PILOT ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES AND TOLD THE POLICE HE FORGOT AND LEFT HIS LANDING GEARS "DOWN". THE "ELT" DID NOT ACTIVATE BUT A FISHERMAN SAW THE AIRCRAFT IN THE LAKE AND CALLED POLICE.

## 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 ERA12CA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA361), May 24, 2012: Lydon Patrick F Searey (N252JB), Sanford, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear was retracted for the water landing.

## Other reports on N252JB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100118026799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100118026799I), Jan 18, 2010: Lydon Patri SEAREY (N252JB), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. The aircraft, a Searey amphibian plane was on local flights completing touch & gos and full stop landings between lake dora, leesburg & mid Florida without…

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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