# Incident 20170425012989I: Hadank Walter SEA REY, Lynchburg, TN, April 25, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2017, 09:10 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2831° N, 86.3742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynchburg, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2831&lon=-86.3742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N239WH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N239WH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hadank Walter SEA REY (registry code 05605EY, https://openairdocs.org/model/hadank-walter-sea-rey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL (registry code 55592, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HADANK WALTER SEA REY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170425012989I

## Narrative

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

ON TUESDAY, APRIL 25 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:50 AM CDT (1350Z), THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 8TN2 TO PRACTICE WATER TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS IN NEARBY TIMS FORD LAKE. THE AIRCRAFT IS EXPERIMENTAL WITH ANAMPHIBIOUS HULL.   CONDITIONS THAT MORNING WERE DAY VFR, WINDS WERE CALM.  THE PILOT STATED HE ARRIVED AT THE LAKE AT APPROXIMATELY 9:10 AM (14:10 Z) AND SET UP FOR LANDING.  THE WATER WAS GLASSY.  SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE WENT BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. MINOR DAMAGE TO A NOSE FAIRING ONLY.  PILOT ONLY, NO PAX. NO INJURIES.

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