ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237473
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| Date: | Saturday 27 June 2020 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Volmer VJ-22 Sportsman |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N59262 |
| MSN: | F-2 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 274 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290-D2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Erie near Toledo, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Toledo-Express Airport, OH (TOL/KTOL) |
| Erie, MI (None) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported he had departed from a paved runway in his amphibious airplane. After takeoff, he was momentarily distracted by communications with air traffic control and did not ensure the landing gear was retracted. After a short local flight, he prepared to make a water landing on a lake. However, he was unable to locate the water landing checklist in the airplane and completed the checklist from memory. During the process, he inadvertently "skipped over" verifying the landing gear was retracted. When the airplane touched down on the water, he was unable to prevent it from nosing over. Photographs of the airplane taken during recovery from the lake showed substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that could have contributed to the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the amphibious airplane's wheels were retracted before attempting a water landing, resulting in a nose over during touch down. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a checklist available to the pilot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN20CA254
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2020 15:31 | Geno | Added |
| 29-Jun-2020 16:10 | raildriver | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 29-Jun-2020 16:11 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Damage] |
| 29-Jun-2020 16:46 | harro | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 08-Jul-2022 05:51 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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