# Incident 20150325005509I: Progressive Aerodyne Inc SEAREY LSA, Spring, TX, March 25, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2015, 15:55 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N419JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N419JM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY LSA (registry code 060009O, https://openairdocs.org/model/progressive-aerodyne-searey-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914UL (registry code 55553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PROGRESSIVE AERODYNE INC SEAREY LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 53 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150325005509I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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