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FAA incident report · Homestead House SEAREY · Owensboro, KY · December 1, 2013

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Date
December 1, 2013 · 10:30 local
Place
Owensboro, KY
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N205DH
Reported as
Homestead House Searey
Reported engine
ROTAX 912S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,770 total149 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days
N205DHRegistered now · Homestead House SEAREYS/N 1MK 472C · Built 2009Airframe modelHomestead House SEAREYEngine modelRotax 912S 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.

On December 1, 2013, at approximately 10:30 central standard time, a 2009 Searey Homestead house experimental amphibious aircraft, N205DH, sustained minor damage while landing in the Ohio river with the landing gear extended. This happened approximately seven and one half miles north east of Owensboro-daviess county regional airport (owb) located near Owensboro, Kentucky.

The private pilot occupant was not injured and there were no passengers onboard. The airplaneprivacy data omittedwas being operated under the provisions of 14 code of federal regulations part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed or required.

The pilot stated he was doing touch and gos when the incident happened. He does not remember running the checklist to be sure the gear was retracted before the water landing. On making the water landing, the nose dipped severely forward and the front plexiglass window was penetrated by water as the aircraft stopped. He said the plane stayed afloat for about another twenty minutes. His speed on final was about 45 to 55 mph. The pilot was rescued by some fisherman and aircraft towed to the bank of the river.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 1, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A 2009 SEAREY HOMESTEAD HOUSE EXPERIMENTAL AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT, N205DH, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHILE LANDING IN THE OHIO RIVER WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. THIS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN AND ONE HALF MILES NORTH EAST OF OWENSBORO-DAVIESS COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (OWB) LOCATED NEAR OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

THE PRIVATE PILOT OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD. THE AIRPLANE^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED OR REQUIRED.

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOS WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER RUNNING THE CHECKLIST TO BE SURE THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED BEFORE THE WATER LANDING. ON MAKING THE WATER LANDING, THE NOSE DIPPED SEVERELY FORWARD AND THE FRONT PLEXIGLASS WINDOW WAS PENETRATED BY WATER AS THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. HE SAID THE PLANE STAYED AFLOAT FOR ABOUT ANOTHER TWENTY MINUTES. HIS SPEED ON FINAL WAS ABOUT 45 TO 55 MPH. THE PILOT WAS RESCUED BY SOME FISHERMAN AND AIRCRAFT TOWED TO THE BANK OF THE RIVER.