# Incident 20221106017479I: Progressive Aerodyne Inc SEAREY LSA, Lake Weir, FL, November 6, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2022, 08:30 local time
- Place: Lake Weir, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0508° N, 81.9373° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Weir, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0508&lon=-81.9373&mi=10
- Aircraft: N806SR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N806SR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY LSA (registry code 06001AO, https://openairdocs.org/model/progressive-aerodyne-searey-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914UL (registry code 55553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PROGRESSIVE AERODYNE INC SEAREY LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914UL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,054 total, 59 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221106017479I

## Narrative

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

PIC SUMMARIZED STATEMENT BELOW:

"I WAS FLYING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A SEAREY, ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2022.  I WAS PILOT IN COMMAND. ALL SUCH WATER LANDINGS REQUIRED ME TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR. I THEN RETURNED TO 97FL, LOVE’S LANDING, AND PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN FOR THIS LAND LANDING.

STARTED A SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH ANOTHER PASSENGER.  DEPARTED 97FL, LOVE’S LANDING, AROUND 8:15 A.M. THE WEATHER UPON DEPARTURE FROM 97FL WAS GOOD.  AFTER DEPARTURE, I MADE AN APPROACH TO LAND ON LAKE WEIR. I WAS GOING ABOUT 45 MPH AS I TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WATER.   I LANDED ON LAKE WEIR WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND EXTENDED.  APPARENTLY, I NEGLECTED TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR WHEN I DEPARTED 97FL.  UPON TOUCHDOWN ON LAKE WEIR IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 45 MPH, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED IN AT A SHALLOW ANGLE.  WE DID NOT FLIP OVER. WHEN WE CAME TO A STOP ON THE WATER, WATER WAS COMING INTO THE AIRCRAFT. MY PASSENGER AND I BAILED OUT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHICH HAD SETTLED INTO THE WATER UPRIGHT.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DAMAGED IN THIS WATER LANDING, CRACKING IN THE BOW CAP OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^THAT OCCURRED DURING THE GEAR DOWN WATER LANDING. THE DAMAGE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED WAS LIMITED TO A CRACKED WINDSHIELD AND TWO CRACKS ON EACH SIDE OF THE TOP OF THE BOW CAP.  THE HULL, MADE OF CARBON FIBER, SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.   DURING THE RECOVERY PROCESS, WHEN SEA TOW REMOVED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM LAKE WEIR, I NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, CONFIRMING FOR ME THAT I HAD LANDED GEAR DOWN ON LAKE WEIR.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HULL SUFFERED NO DAMAGE DURING THE GEAR DOWN WATER LANDING I CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 6, 2022."

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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