David Jarrett SEAREY N24YD

Summary

On 9 July 2008 at about 16:30 local time, a David Jarrett SEAREY registered N24YD, operated by David C. Jarrett, was involved in an accident near Ennis Lake, Montana, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 July 2008 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Ennis Lake, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Ennis (NONE)

Coordinates

45.5000, -111.5000

Aircraft

David Jarrett SEAREY

Registration

N24YD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

David C. Jarrett

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bozeman → Ennis Lake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX08CA220

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to retract the landing gear prior to landing on the water.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The experimental amphibian seaplane is capable of operating from water, and also from land airports when the retractable landing gear is extended. The pilot took off from a land airport and flew to his intended lake destination, where he intended to make a water landing. The pilot made a normal approach to the lake and the seaplane nosed over when the still extended landing gear wheels came in contact with the water. The forward portion of the seaplane's fuselage was crushed, and the pilot was seriously injured. The pilot subsequently reported that during the accident flight he had not experienced any mechanical malfunction with his airplane, and he "had forgotten to retract the landing gear" prior to the water landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.