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Amphibious aircraft pilot reports misunderstanding a tower controller and taxiing onto the runway without clearance. After takeoff the tower provides a telephone number to call and the landing gear is never retracted. The next landing is on water and the aircraft flips when the gear touches the water.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1236754 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201501 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Seaplane or Amphibian |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing Taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Landing Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Sea Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12 Flight Crew Total 900 Flight Crew Type 85 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
I was PIC during my flight that day. I departed the airport [in the afternoon]. My wife; was the only other occupant of the aircraft. Before I departed; I misheard or misunderstood instructions from the control tower and entered the runway without authorization. After being cleared for takeoff; I departed and had another exchange with the control tower; and then flew to the lake to perform some water landings. I approached the lake from the east to the west to perform a glassy water landing. I neglected to retract the landing gear after my takeoff and the landing gear remained down for the glassy water landing I planned to perform. After making contact with the water we flipped upside down and came to a stop. My wife and I exited and remained at the aircraft until help arrived.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Amphibious aircraft pilot reports misunderstanding a Tower Controller and taxiing onto the runway without clearance. After takeoff the Tower provides a telephone number to call and the landing gear is never retracted. The next landing is on water and the aircraft flips when the gear touches the water.
Narrative: I was PIC during my flight that day. I departed the airport [in the afternoon]. My wife; was the only other occupant of the aircraft. Before I departed; I misheard or misunderstood instructions from the control tower and entered the runway without authorization. After being cleared for takeoff; I departed and had another exchange with the control tower; and then flew to the lake to perform some water landings. I approached the lake from the east to the west to perform a glassy water landing. I neglected to retract the landing gear after my takeoff and the landing gear remained down for the glassy water landing I planned to perform. After making contact with the water we flipped upside down and came to a stop. My wife and I exited and remained at the aircraft until help arrived.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.