Sellors SEAREY accident near Selby Beach, MD
On April 22, 1999, a Sellors SEAREY (airplane) was involved in an accident near Selby Beach, MD. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 22, 1999
- Place
- Selby Beach, MD
- Aircraft
- Sellors SEAREY · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.901°N, 76.540°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001205X00547
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 22, 1999, about 1300 eastern daylight time, a homebuilt SeaRey, N6115P, was substantially damage while executing a water landing near Selby Beach, Maryland. The certificated private pilot received serious injuries, and the passenger was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the personal local flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to the pilot, he kept the airplane at the South River Seaplane Base, at Selby Beach. On the day of the accident, the pilot and his brother departed the pilot's home in Pasadena, Maryland, about 1100, for the seaplane base. Once at the seaplane base, the pilot preflighted the airplane, and then they both boarded. After starting the airplane's engine, the pilot water taxied the airplane for departure. With the airplane configured with 20 degrees of flaps, the pilot advanced the throttle. The airplane accelerated to 50 mph, then came off the water "smoothly." After climbing through 200 feet msl, the pilot retracted the flaps, reset elevator trim, and started a left turn towards Annapolis Airport, Lee, Maryland. The pilot continued the climb to 1,000 feet msl. He added that it was a "beautiful day" with "light winds" out of the southeast, and calm water conditions. While en route to Annapolis, the pilot decided not to land, because "it was more fun to just fly," and his brother had to get back for a party being held that evening. The pilot transmitted on Annapolis's common traffic advisory frequency that he would be transitioning the area to the south. The pil
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing sequence, which resulted in the airplane contacting the water in a nose low attitude.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
