# Incident 20150627012279I: Dfs TRIKE, Babson Park, FL, June 27, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2015, 09:50 local time
- Place: Babson Park, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8342° N, 81.5281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Babson Park, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8342&lon=-81.5281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2614H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2614H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: DFS TRIKE (registry code 05903ND, https://openairdocs.org/model/dfs-trike) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503 series (registry code 55564, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DFS TRIKE
- Reported engine: ROTAX 503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150627012279I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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