# Accident 20170915020809A: Airmax Construcoes Aeronautica SEAMAX-M22, New Fairfield, CT, September 15, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2017, 16:00 local time
- Place: New Fairfield, CT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4944° N, 73.4506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4944&lon=-73.4506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N885PR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N885PR-2020-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airmax Construcoes Aeronautica SEAMAX-M22 (registry code 0600047, https://openairdocs.org/model/airmax-construcoes-aeronautica-seamax-m22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRMAX CONSTRUCOES AERONAUTICA SEAMAX-M22
- Reported engine: ROTAX BAUMUSTER, 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA337) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170915020809A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED A NORMAL WATER LANDING.  AFTER FLOATING IN THE WATER ON CANDLEWOOD LAKE, THE AIRCRAFT HULL STARTED TO TAKE ON WATER.

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER LEFT THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE PICKED UP BY A NEAR BY BOATER.

THE PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM CANDLEWOOD LAKE AND PLACED ON A DRY DOCK.

INVESTAGITION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND AN APPROXIMATELY 18 IN. CRACK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE HULL. LODGED IN THE CRACK WAS REMNANTS OF SOME SORT OF CONIFEROUS TREE BRANCH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA17LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA337), Sep 15, 2017: Airmax Construcoes Aeronautica SEAMAX-M22 (N885PR), New Fairfield, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: Collision with a submerged object during a water landing.

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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