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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · DFS TRIKE · Babson Park, FL · June 27, 2015

Date: June 27, 2015 · 09:50 local
Place: Babson Park, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2614H
Reported as: DFS Trike
Reported engine: ROTAX 503
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total100 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N2614HRegistered now · DFS TRIKES/N DFS-6363-2 · Built 2007 Airframe modelDFS TRIKE Engine modelRotax 503 series2 cycle

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What happened

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Early morning flight over and around crooked lake, babron park, Florida. Pilot had made four water take-off's and landings. Flying downwind in easterly direction, decending left turn to go into the wind west and make landing number five. Aircraft made hard landing either left pontoon or wing tip hit water first, then spun 180 degrees in water, right pontoon dug in, aircraft flipped over, pilot unbuckeled seat belt and swam up to surface. Subsequent damage to pontoon and propeller, after propeller hit it. Minor damage to wing support tube.

As the FAA filed it

EARLY MORNING FLIGHT OVER AND AROUND CROOKED LAKE, BABRON PARK, FLORIDA. PILOT HAD MADE FOUR WATER TAKE-OFF'S AND LANDINGS. FLYING DOWNWIND IN EASTERLY DIRECTION, DECENDING LEFT TURN TO GO INTO THE WIND WEST AND MAKE LANDING NUMBER FIVE. AIRCRAFT MADE HARD LANDING EITHER LEFT PONTOON OR WING TIP HIT WATER FIRST, THEN SPUN 180 DEGREES IN WATER, RIGHT PONTOON DUG IN, AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER, PILOT UNBUCKELED SEAT BELT AND SWAM UP TO SURFACE. SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO PONTOON AND PROPELLER, AFTER PROPELLER HIT IT. MINOR DAMAGE TO WING SUPPORT TUBE.