Pilot Debrief

Weston SEA-ERA near Bellevue, WA — 2009-06-24

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Date
2009-06-24
Location
Bellevue, WA, USA
Aircraft
Weston SEA-ERA
Registration
N226SE
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

NTSB narrative

The light sport aircraft student pilot was taking his experimental light sport seaplane for its second test flight. The student pilot reported that he reduced power without verifying the airplane's airspeed during the landing and the left wing dropped; the airplane subsequently touched down hard upon the water. Damage included composite material fractures on both vertical fins. The student pilot had about 32 hours total time and had been signed off by his certified flight instructor to fly a single-engine land light sport airplane. He was not signed off for solo flight in the accident airplane. The student pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions.

NTSB coding

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