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| Date: | Tuesday 14 January 2020 |
| Time: | 18:26 |
| Type: | Aero Adventure Aventura II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N366RC |
| MSN: | AA2A0125 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 344 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Putnam County, east of Palatka Municipal Airport (28J), FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | East Palatka, FL |
| East Palatka, FL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he took off from a river behind his home and proceeded to a local airport where he lowered the landing gear and performed three touch-and-go landings. The pilot said he was preoccupied during the return flight to the river for a water landing and "forgot" to retract the landing gear for the pontoon-hull landing. At touchdown, the airplane immediately flipped over and came to rest inverted. The fuselage forward of the landing gear sustained substantial damage.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to properly configure the amphibious airplane for a water landing, which resulted in it flipping over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=366RC
https://flightaware.com/photos/view/2977577-0e02331e86536d03f3fdac98c98b09c7834f9e45/aircrafttype/
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2020 00:53 | Geno | Added |
| 15-Jan-2020 04:26 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2020 08:00 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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