Lafferty Jack SEA REY N2469J

Summary

On 6 September 2025 at about 16:52 local time, a Lafferty Jack SEA REY registered N2469J was involved in an accident near Bell, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 September 2025 at 16:52

Classification

Accident

Location

Bell, Florida, United States

Coordinates

29.7950, -82.9201

Aircraft

Lafferty Jack SEA REY

Registration

N2469J

Category

Airplane

Year built

2005

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bell → Bell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA335

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to raise the landing gear before landing on the water.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the amphibious airplane stated that he departed from a turf runway at his home airport but forgot to raise the landing gear. He planned a short flight to a nearby river where he would make a water landing, before returning to his home airport. While landing in the river, the extended landing gear contacted the water and the airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the forward portion of the fuselage. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.