# Incident 20131201023259I: Homestead House Inc SEAREY, Owensboro, KY, December 1, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2013, 10:30 local time
- Place: Owensboro, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7572° N, 87.1174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Owensboro, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7572&lon=-87.1174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N205DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Homestead House SEAREY (registry code 05627Q5, https://openairdocs.org/model/homestead-house-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOMESTEAD HOUSE INC SEAREY
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,770 total, 149 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131201023259I

## Narrative

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

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  HE DOES NOT REMEMBER RUNNING THE CHECKLIST TO BE SURE THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED BEFORE THE WATER LANDING.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.

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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