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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeroprakt America A-22 LS · Deland, FL · March 21, 2014

Date
March 21, 2014 · 17:00 local
Place
Deland, FL
Airport
Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor Fi
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N128DK
Reported as
Aeroprakt America A-22 LS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
712 total22 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On March 21, 2014 at approximately 1700 EDT a Aeroprakt America Inc. A-22 ls registered to Aeroprakt America Inc. Practicing water takeoff and landings at lake beresford in Deland, FL, pilot inadvertently left the gear down while performing a water landing causing the aircraft to come to rest in an inverted position, visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage during this incident but sustained substantial damage during aircraft recovery from the lake.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 21, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 EDT A AEROPRAKT AMERICA INC. A-22 LS REGISTERED TO AEROPRAKT AMERICA INC. PRACTICING WATER TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS AT LAKE BERESFORD IN DELAND, FL, PILOT INADVERTENTLY LEFT THE GEAR DOWN WHILE PERFORMING A WATER LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO COME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THIS INCIDENT BUT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AIRCRAFT RECOVERY FROM THE LAKE.