# Accident 20190716011869A: Gracy Norman F SEAREY, Crescent City, FL, July 16, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2019, 17:00 local time
- Place: Crescent City, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4300° N, 81.6042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4300&lon=-81.6042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N632FG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N632FG-2020-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gracy Norman F SEAREY (registry code 05602P2, https://openairdocs.org/model/gracy-norman-f-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRACY NORMAN F SEAREY
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,909 total, 7 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190716011869A

## Narrative

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

THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THIS ACCIDENT.

HE WAS LANDING TO THE SOUTH ON THE LAKE, WIND CONDITIONS WERE CALM. AS HE APPROACHED THE WATER HE WAS THINKING HE WAS INCHES ABOVE THE WATER WHEN HE APPLIED FORWARD STICK PRESSURE TO "PLANT" IT ON THE WATER AND THE NEXT THING HE KNEW WAS HE WAS UNDERWATER.

THE AIRCRAFT NOSE BROKE OFF AND THE PILOT BEGAN TO SWIM TO SHORE.

## 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 ERA19LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA229), Jul 16, 2019: Progressive Aerodyne Searey (N632FG), Crescent, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s misjudgment of his altitude during landing and subsequent decrease in pitch attitude, which resulted in a collision with the water.

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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