# Incident 20160727024139I: Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY LSA AMPHIBIAN, Stafford, VA, July 27, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2016, 11:30 local time
- Place: Stafford, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4221° N, 77.4083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stafford, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4221&lon=-77.4083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N816M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N816M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY LSA (registry code 06001AO, 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 SEAREY LSA AMPHIBIAN
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,215 total, 182 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160727024139I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 27, 2016, ^MIKE PEARSON^ WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO ^BRUCE THOMPSON^.  THE INSTRUCTION WAS BEING CONDUCTED IN ^PEARSON'S^ SEAREY LIGHT SPORT AMPHIBIAN PLANE ALONG POTOMAC CREEK, STAFFORD, VIRGINIA.  PILOT ^THOMPSON^ MADE AN APPROACH AND LANDING ON THE WATER, COMPLETED A TOUCH-AND-GO, AND TOOK OFF AGAIN.  DURING THE CLIMB HE RAISED THE NOSE TOO HIGH CREATING AN IMPENDING STALL.  INSTRUCTOR ^PEARSON^ GOT ON THE CONTROLS WITH ^THOMPSON^.  THE PLANE NOSED OVER AND DID A HARD LANDING ON THE WATER.  NOTHING SEEMED DAMAGED OR OUT OF THE ORDINARY.  THE PILOTS TOOK OFF AND RETURNED TO SHANNON AIRPORT (EZF) WHERE THE PLANE IS KEPT.  UPON LANDING ^PEARSON^ DISCOVERED SMALL CRACKS ON THE HULL AND ON THE FOREDECK.  ^PEARSON^ REVIEWED 830.2 AND 830.5.  HIS INTERPRETATION WAS THE DAMAGE DID NOT RISE TO THE DEFINITION OF AN ACCIDENT AND HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT THE INCIDENT.  ^PEARSON^ HAD HIS PLANE REPAIRED.

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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