- Date
- February 27, 1983, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Schinnecock Bay, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3509Harrison Volmer VJ-22 Amphibian
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830227005419A
- Case key
- 35104
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While gaining speed on step to make water takeoff the hull of the aircraft collided with something not seen in the waterand began to sink. The aircraft filled with water and sank until it rested on the bottom with only the prop tip showing the weather was VFR and no flight plan was filed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3509
- Reported as
- Harrison Volmer VJ-22 Amphibian (VJ-22 AMPH)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RH-1
- Airframe hours
- 150
- Engine
- Franklin SPORT-4, 130 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy Harrison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FOK, 6 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.