# NTSB NYC00LA268: Aerosports Connection FB-582, Perth Amboy, NJ, August 21, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 21, 2000, 10:51 local (14:51 UTC)
- Place: Perth Amboy, NJ
- Location: 40.5202° N, 74.2713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Perth Amboy, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5202&lon=-74.2713&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 14, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50351
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC00LA268
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50351/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA268

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while taxiing for take off on water.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

While taxiing for takeoff, a gust of wind 'caught' the nose of the seaplane and flipped it inverted.  The pilot stated that he had recently purchased the seaplane in Florida and received instruction on how to operate it from the manufacturer.  Prior to the flight, the pilot contacted his flight instructor by cell phone to receive some additional verbal instruction on taxiing the seaplane.  The winds reported by a nearby airport, at the time of the accident, were from 360 degrees at 7 knots.

## Factual narrative

On August 21, 2000, about 1051 Eastern Daylight Time, an Aerosports Connection FB-582, unregistered seaplane, was substantially damage while taxiing on Raritan Bay, Perth Amboy, New Jersey.  The non-certificated pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal local flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

According to a Perth Amboy Police Department report, the pilot stated to a officer that, while taxiing for takeoff, a gust of wind "caught" the nose of the seaplane and flipped it inverted.  The pilot swam to the surface of the water and was rescued by local authorities.

The pilot additionally stated that he had recently purchased the seaplane in Florida and received instruction on how to operate it from the manufacturer.

The pilot also contacted his flight instructor by cell phone just before the flight, to receive some additional verbal instruction on taxiing the seaplane.

The pilot was given a NTSB form 6120.1/2 on September 27, 2000, by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector.  A second NTSB form 6120.1/2 was sent to the pilot by Federal Express, on February 7, 2001, and was received and signed for by the pilot on February 9, 2001.  A third NTSB form 6120.1/2 was faxed to the pilot on May 30, 2001.  The pilot confirmed that he had received the fax transmission.

As of the date of this report the pilot had not submitted to the Safety Board any of the forms provided to him.

The winds reported by a nearby airport, at the time of the accident, were from 360 degrees at 7 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Aerosports Connection FB-582
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: Rotax 582 64 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Manuel Pimenta
- Departed: NONE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 154 °F, dew point 115 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EWR, 10 nm away

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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