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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY LSA · Spring, TX · March 25, 2015

Date
March 25, 2015 · 15:55 local
Place
Spring, TX
Airport
David Wayne Hooks Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N419JM
Reported as
Progressive Aerodyne Searey LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 914UL
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total53 in this make and model16 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.

At approximately 15:52 aircraft N419JM departed runway 17L for local touch and go's. the aircraft was cleared for option runway 17W (water runway)at approximately 15:58. Immediately upon touch down to the water runway, the aircraft nosed over hard and flipped inverted onto runway 17W. The pilot escaped and swam to shore with minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 15:52 AIRCRAFT N419JM DEPARTED RUNWAY 17L FOR LOCAL TOUCH AND GO'S. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR OPTION RUNWAY 17W (WATER RUNWAY)AT APPROXIMATELY 15:58. IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCH DOWN TO THE WATER RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER HARD AND FLIPPED INVERTED ONTO RUNWAY 17W. THE PILOT ESCAPED AND SWAM TO SHORE WITH MINOR INJURIES.