Landing / Ground Loss of Control · NTSB WPR19LA054
Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY — Sacramento, CA
| Date | January 2, 2019 |
| Location | Sacramento, CA |
| Aircraft | Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY (amateur-built) |
| Purpose of flight | Personal |
| Conditions | Day · Visual Meteorological Cond |
| Phase / occurrence | Landing-flare/touchdown Nose over/nose down |
| Pilot age | 63 |
| Pilot total time | 770 hrs · Building experience |
| Time in type | Unknown |
| Fatalities | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly configure the landing gear before performing a water landing.
NTSB findings
- Personnel issues-Action/decision-Action-Forgotten action/omission-Pilot - C
- Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Attention-Pilot - C
What happened
The pilot of the amphibious experimental airplane reported that, after takeoff from a runway, he became distracted and forgot to retract the landing gear. He then flew the airplane to a river; during the approach for landing, he announced that the gear was retracted but did not visually confirm it, and the airplane subsequently landed in the river with the landing gear extended. After touchdown, the airplane immediately nosed down and partially sank.