# Incident 20230801022329I: Duane Weis SEAREY CLASSIC, Keystone Height, FL, August 1, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2023, 14:45 local time
- Place: Keystone Height, FL
- Airport: Keystone Heights
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8447° N, 82.0475° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEYSTONE HEIGHTS (42J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8447&lon=-82.0475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N975WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N975WM-2026-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Duane Weis SEAREY CLASSIC (registry code 05633WG, https://openairdocs.org/model/duane-weis-searey-classic) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DUANE WEIS SEAREY CLASSIC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230801022329I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/01/2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:45 PM EST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTING FROM THE CRYSTAL LAKE, CLOSE TO THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS AIRPORT. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKING OFF, IT ENCOUNTERED A PEAK IN THE WATER BROUGHT ON BY A BOAT TRAVELLING 200 YARDS AHEAD RESULTING IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SUBMERGING INTO THE LAKE AND COMING TO A SUDDEN STOP. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TOP NOSE PANEL, WINDSHIELD, CENTER WING JOINT FAIRING, CREASED LEFT WING LEADING-EDGE, LEFT-WING SPONSON AND TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY.

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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