# Incident 20180602006939I: Haley Gary SEAREY, Gladewater, TX, June 2, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2018, 07:38 local time
- Place: Gladewater, TX
- Airport: Gladewater Municipal.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5288° N, 94.9718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLADEWATER MUNI (07F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5288&lon=-94.9718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N273GH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N273GH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Haley Gary SEAREY (registry code 05613VS, https://openairdocs.org/model/haley-gary-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HALEY GARY SEAREY
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 31 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180602006939I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 2, 2018 AT 0738 CDT AN EXPERIMENTAL, AMPHIBIOUS HULL, GARY HALEY, SEAREY, N273GH, S/N 1MK273C, OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD AN INCIDENT WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT TO GLADEWATER LAKE FOR PRACTICE WATER LANDINGS.  DURING THE APPROACH AT GLADEWATER LAKE THE PILOT FAILED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR.  WHEN THE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE WATER, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED AND SANK.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WAS ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD WHO SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT, SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND ROTORCRAFT HELICOPTER RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GLADEWATER TX MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (07F) AT APPROXIMATELY 0720 CST.

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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