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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Baker ED EB-35 · Port Gibson, MS · February 4, 2017

Date
February 4, 2017 · 14:30 local
Place
Port Gibson, MS
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N17EB
Reported as
Baker ED EB-35
Reported engine
Lycoming O-290-D2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
715 total15 in this make and model5 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.

The pilot took off from an airport in utica, MS headed to an island north of grand gulf nuclear plant. He arrived AROUND12:50 CST. He circled a sand bar west of middle ground island setting up for a landing. After checking the condition of the sand bar he landed successfully and took back off. After taking back off he circled around to land from the south. He got low enough to touch the tires down in the water. After slowing down the tires sank in the watere and the aircraft came to an abrupt stop. The nose of the plane dip over in the water at whick time the current continued to carry the aircraft on it's back. The pilot was able to free hisself from the aircraft an wade over to the sand bar. The aircraft sank to the bottom preventing movement.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM AN AIRPORT IN UTICA, MS HEADED TO AN ISLAND NORTH OF GRAND GULF NUCLEAR PLANT. HE ARRIVED AROUND12:50 CST. HE CIRCLED A SAND BAR WEST OF MIDDLE GROUND ISLAND SETTING UP FOR A LANDING. AFTER CHECKING THE CONDITION OF THE SAND BAR HE LANDED SUCCESSFULLY AND TOOK BACK OFF. AFTER TAKING BACK OFF HE CIRCLED AROUND TO LAND FROM THE SOUTH. HE GOT LOW ENOUGH TO TOUCH THE TIRES DOWN IN THE WATER. AFTER SLOWING DOWN THE TIRES SANK IN THE WATERE AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE NOSE OF THE PLANE DIP OVER IN THE WATER AT WHICK TIME THE CURRENT CONTINUED TO CARRY THE AIRCRAFT ON IT'S BACK. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FREE HISSELF FROM THE AIRCRAFT AN WADE OVER TO THE SAND BAR. THE AIRCRAFT SANK TO THE BOTTOM PREVENTING MOVEMENT.