# NTSB NYC08CA030: Sea & Air Sales Searey, N2PR, Sanford, FL, November 10, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 10, 2007, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Coordinates: 28.816667, -81.258331
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8167&lon=-81.2583&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67595
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC08CA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67595/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA030

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to raise the landing gear prior to a water landing. Contributing was the pilot's diverted attention.

## Sequence of events

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

- Wheels down landing in water, landing
  - wheels down landing in water - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - water
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

The pilot of the amateur-built Searey took off from a land-based airport, and was distracted by a conversation with his passenger and by boats on the river where he subsequently landed with the landing gear still down. Upon touchdown, the airplane nosed over, and the wing spar was damaged.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot of the amateur-built Searey, after taking off from a land-based airport, he was distracted by a conversation with his passenger and by boats on the river where he subsequently landed with the landing gear still down. According to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, upon touchdown, the airplane nosed over, and the wing spar was damaged.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2PR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2PR), registered now, S/N 1DK168, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Sea & Air Sales Searey
- Registry model: [Sea & Air Sales SEAREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/sea-air-sales-searey) (registry code 05622GW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 7812
- Engines: Rotax 912 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Peter Rundquist
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: 01FL, Geneva, FL
- Destination: NONE, Sanford, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 77; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 3,200 total, 160 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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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