# Accident 20130927020329A: Lowerre Bruce T S-12-E, Pahokee, FL, September 27, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2013, 09:15 local time
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0686° N, 80.6869° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0686&lon=-80.6869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220BL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N220BL-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lowerre Bruce T S-12-E (registry code 056229I, https://openairdocs.org/model/lowerre-bruce-t-s-12-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOWERRE BRUCE T S-12-E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 6-285-A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,895 total, 38 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA432) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130927020329A

## Narrative

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

AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AMPHIBIOUS LOWERRE S-12-E, N220BL, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, CAME TO REST INVERTED IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE NEAR PAHOKEE, FLORIDA, DURING AN UNKNOWN PHASE OF FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM BOCA RATON AIRPORT (BCT), BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BCT ABOUT 1442(L) ON 09/27/2013 AND WAS DISCOVERED 09/28/2013. THERE WERE NO KNOWN WITNESSES. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) INFORMATION FROM BCT, AT 1442:40, THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 05 NORTHWEST BOUND. ABOUT 4 MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT WAS GIVEN A FREQUENCY CHANGE AND PROVIDED THE VHF FREQUENCY FOR WEST PALM BEACH APPROACH CONTROL.

## 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 ERA13FA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA432), Sep 27, 2013: Lowerre Bruce T S 12-E (N220BL), Pahokee, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined because the wreckage was not recovered.

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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