# NTSB ERA20CA257: Kade Aventura II, N86KD, Astor, FL, July 16, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 16, 2020, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Astor, FL
- Coordinates: 29.104999, -81.491386 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1050&lon=-81.4914&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101647
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA20CA257
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101647/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101647
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA257

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to retract the amphibious airplane’s landing gear prior to the water landing, which resulted in a nose over.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Dorschner Klaus KADE AVENTURA II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=056144I), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Dorschner Klaus KADE AVENTURA II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=056144I), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md)
- [Landing gear system: gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Dorschner Klaus KADE AVENTURA II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=056144I), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Dorschner Klaus KADE AVENTURA II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=056144I), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Dorschner Klaus KADE AVENTURA II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=056144I), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the amphibious airplane departed from a land-based airport with hard surfaced runway. After conducting some local sightseeing, he prepared to land on a nearby lake. As the airplane settled onto the water it nosed over. The pilot and passenger egressed the airplane and sustained minor injuries, and the fuselage of the airplane was substantially damaged. Following the accident, the pilot noticed that the airplane’s landing gear was in the extended position. He then realized that he had failed to retract the landing gear after departure from the hard surface runway, and inadvertently had left them extended for the water landing. He further described that he allowed his conversation during the sightseeing portion of the flight to distract him from correctly configuring the landing gear. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N86KD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86KD), registered now, S/N AA2A0106, built 2003 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Kade Aventura II
- Registry model: [Dorschner Klaus KADE AVENTURA II](https://openairdocs.org/model/dorschner-klaus-kade-aventura-ii) (registry code 056144I) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax SEE BOMBADIER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (registry code 55555, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: AA2A0106
- Year built: 2003
- Airframe hours: 1481
- Engines: Rotax 912S 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 20, 2020
- Departed: DED, Deland, FL
- Destination: NONE, Astor, FL
- Airport: NONE, Lake
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; injuries: minor; sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed; last flight review February 27, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 216.9 total, 210.6 in this make and model, 216.9 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: DED, 12 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20200716010259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200716010259A), Jul 16, 2020: Dorschner Klaus KADE AVENTURA II, Astor, FL, Substantial damage. Make: 2003 Dorschner Klaus Model: Kade Aventura II Serial number: AA2A0106 Aircraft/engine last annual: may 2020 airframe tt: 1481 hrs. When: July 16, 2020…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 12, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101647. 13.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 13.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10013522&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilots%20NTSB%206120%20Accident%20Report_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Record of conversation_pilot/owner (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 57 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10011743&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20_Pilot-Rel.pdf
- FAA inspector's statement (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 33 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10014986&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20Inspectors%20Report_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo array_airplane damage (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 84 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10011099&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array_Airplane%20Damage-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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