ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65415
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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 2009 |
| Time: | 17:44 |
| Type: |  Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N169GW |
| MSN: | 1DK184 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Melton Hill Lake, Knox County, Tennessee -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Knoxville, TN |
| Knoxville, TN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was providing rides to passengers in an amateur-built seaplane, and following a previous uneventful local flight with another passenger, the pilot returned, landed, and the accident passenger boarded. The final moments of the accident flight were captured on video by pleasure boaters. The airplane overflew the boat at a low altitude, then entered a steep bank, descended steeply, and impacted the water. Examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the engine or flight controls. According to the experimental seaplane’s kit manufacturer, when equipped with a 100 horsepower engine and loaded with 2 occupants, the stall speed in level flight was 40 miles per hour.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and uncontrolled descent.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2009 23:20 | slowkid | Added |
| 10-Jun-2009 10:27 | harro | Updated |
| 18-Nov-2009 22:07 | robbreid | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 15:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
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