20220529009109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Foster William D ELITE · Winter Haven, FL · May 29, 2022

Date
May 29, 2022 · 12:44 local
Place
Winter Haven, FL
Airport
Winter Haven Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N136WF
Reported as
Foster William D Elite
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
165 total15 in this make and model8 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.

Aircraft privacy data omitted departed horseshoe lake, chuluota, FL at approximately 0845 EDT on 05/29/2022 for transition training and flight instruction on approches and landings at Winter Haven Regional Airport (kgif) Winter Haven, FL. The privacy data omittedpilot in command and a flight instructor were on-board. The aircraft made 4 low approaches for training before attempting to land. At 1244 EDT, on runway 5, at approximately 12 feet AGL the aircraft dropped rapidly. Full power was applied, the aircraft broke to the right impacting the right front float and landing gear. The right front wheel broke off of the float and the aircraft departed to the right of runway 5 into the grass, then proceeded across taxiway B4. The aircraft continued into the grass east of taxiway B4 where the leading edge of the right and left floats sunk into the dirt, causing the aircraft to flip upside down and stop. The pilot in command and the instructor pilot reported no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED HORSESHOE LAKE, CHULUOTA, FL AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 EDT ON 05/29/2022 FOR TRANSITION TRAINING AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTION ON APPROCHES AND LANDINGS AT WINTER HAVEN REGIONAL AIRPORT (KGIF) WINTER HAVEN, FL. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT IN COMMAND AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE ON-BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT MADE 4 LOW APPROACHES FOR TRAINING BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. AT 1244 EDT, ON RUNWAY 5, AT APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED RAPIDLY. FULL POWER WAS APPLIED, THE AIRCRAFT BROKE TO THE RIGHT IMPACTING THE RIGHT FRONT FLOAT AND LANDING GEAR. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BROKE OFF OF THE FLOAT AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 5 INTO THE GRASS, THEN PROCEEDED ACROSS TAXIWAY B4. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INTO THE GRASS EAST OF TAXIWAY B4 WHERE THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT FLOATS SUNK INTO THE DIRT, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN AND STOP. THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.