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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY LSA · Guntersville, AL · September 7, 2019

Date
September 7, 2019 · 12:00 local
Place
Guntersville, AL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N403SR
Reported as
Progressive Aerodyne Searey LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 914UL
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,150 total25 in this make and model25 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.

Pilot was compliant with a safety minded attitude. He readily admits that he selected landing gear "down" prior to planned water landing, realizing his error when the aircraft pitched over on touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS COMPLIANT WITH A SAFETY MINDED ATTITUDE. HE READILY ADMITS THAT HE SELECTED LANDING GEAR "DOWN" PRIOR TO PLANNED WATER LANDING, REALIZING HIS ERROR WHEN THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED OVER ON TOUCHDOWN.