- Date
- May 13, 1982, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Muskegon, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47111Volmer Amphibian
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820513015699A
- Case key
- 71804
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot returned to land on a lake after making touch and go landings at an airport. He stated that he made a water landing with the gear extended. During touchdown, the amphibious aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47111
- Reported as
- Volmer Amphibian
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 65
- Airframe hours
- 188
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Herbert L. Kelly
- Registered owner
- Herbert L. Kelly
- Departed
- Muskegon, MI
- Destination
- Muskegon, MI
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,687 total · 359 in this make and model · 839 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N47111 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.