Accident Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey N100RZ, Friday 26 December 1997

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Date:	Friday 26 December 1997
Time:	15:15 LT
Type:	Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N100RZ
MSN:	1MK-100
Engine model:	Rotax 912
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Gloucester, VA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	West Point, VA (KJGG)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot was conducting a touch-and-go landing on a river when the experimentally certificated, amphibious airplane nosed over. The next thing the pilot knew he was hanging upside down in the water. He exited the airplane, and stood on the wing waiting for help. Before he could be rescued the airplane sank, and the pilot swam ashore. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions. The pilot did not have a single engine sea rating. Federal Aviation Regulations exempt pilots of experimental aircraft from the requirements of possessing a rating in the category of aircraft they are operating.

Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing, which resulted in a nose over.

Accident investigation: