Splash and Dash Searey Seaplane Delights                            May 14 12:04 Guest User - Request Membership Layout | Log In | Help | Videos | Site | Emails  Search:   Front Page Calendar Photos Add Photos News Add News File Cabinet Add File Cabinet History Add History * Searey Info * Add * Searey Info * Polls Add Polls Classifieds Add Classifieds Utilities Create a New Site  News View All News | Add News | Emoticons | Mark Unread Search News:      Category: Favorite option: If you want this item to be marked as a favorite, click on the black heart.   Lake Norman Flyin? Any up...         Next Item - Tavaries flyby This will go to the next thread in this topic.    Philip Mendelson - Sep 20,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Lake Norman Flyin? Any updates?<br />          Dennis Scearce - Sep 20,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Long Island and Lake Norman are still up here. I landed on both yesterday.          Philip Mendelson - Sep 21,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Are They having some sort of flyin and the 29th of September?          Philip Mendelson - Sep 21,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Correction a flyin on the 29th!          Dennis Scearce - Sep 21,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Yes. This is all I know. They usually have hot dogs, etc. for sale at lunch time. I believe camping is allowed on the field. The contacts below should be able to tell you.<br /><br />September 29, 2007 <br />Long Island Fly-In &amp; Splash-In<br />Long Island Airport (NC26) Long Island, NC<br /><br />All aircraft welcome.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.airnav.com/airport/NC26">http://www.airnav.com/airport/NC26</a><br />Runway: 3000' Turf <br />CTAF: 122.9 <br />          Don Maxwell - Sep 25,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Here's their announcement:<br />       Attachments:   2007 Fly-in         Attachments:   2007 Fly-in          Dennis Scearce - Sep 25,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Don: you coming? I think I have a pass for the day. It's my anniversary weekend so I'm burning up a ton of points.          Jeff Arnold - Sep 25,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Dennis, I plan to attend. Who else is comming? Central Florida Gang? Ed Irizarry from SC? Who else? We should blow them away with Seareys.          Don Maxwell - Sep 25,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Planning on it, Dennis. Not sure of when, though--possibly arrive Friday afternoon, or else will leave here 'early' on Saturday. It's about 200 miles for me. Haven't called for the camping info yet.          Jon Ladd - Sep 25,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Dan and Gary and I will be in the neighborhood. Planning on Triple Tree Friday and Lake Norman Saturday. Listen for our chatter on 123.375.          Dennis Scearce - Sep 25,2007   Viewers  | Reply     SUPER! Sounds like three Seareys from Florida and two from Virginia. Plus two from Lake Norman (Ben Thomas said he was going to try to make it). Don: call me if you come up on Friday. Don't know where I'll be but I may can come up.          Jon Ladd - Sep 26,2007   Viewers  | Reply     I think Phil is leading a few others up too.          Don Maxwell - Sep 26,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Camping on the field. Restroom and shower in 'the double hangar where the fly-in will be.' Several motels in Mooresville, about 16 miles. Seaplane ramp closed because the lake is too low, but the runway is fine.          Philip Mendelson - Sep 26,2007   Viewers  | Reply     The Lake Jesup and Lake Brantley Gang will be proudly represented. Curt Chana,<br />Rob Reiche, Bill Furr and myself. See you guys on Saturday at Lake Norman!          Dennis Scearce - Sep 27,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Mercy...that makes eleven Seareys at a fly-in in NC. That may be a record and I'm sure will be the most of any one make there. I guess I better go wash Sammie Searey so I can associate with you big leagers.<br />You won't be seeing LKN at it's best. The lake level is the lowest in 5 years. There is still plenty of water to spash on, though.          Larry J. Reynolds - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Our new house on Lake James is nearing completion and is about 45-50 minutes flying time in a Rey from Long Island Airport. I probably will not make it to Lake Norman but anyone wanting a nearby beautiful spot to splash in is welcome to Lake James which sits at the edge of the NC high country. The scenery of the mountains from the lake is spectacular. My home airport is Schflit Field (9A9) in Marion, NC and sits at the edge of the lake. My hangar is open to anyone wanting to stay the night as it has a kitchen and a full bath with a shower. Give me a call at 706-746-3687 or 706-982-9569 if you plan to visit. I plan to be at the hangar on Saturday and will be spending the night there as well.          Dan Nickens - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Did you know Bracey Bobbit, Larry? He lived on Lake James and had a SeaRey. Bracy died in a Seawind crash. His son still lives there and he told me that there is a SeaRey sitting on the bottom of the lake. According to his story, Bracey crashed there after having a 'wire' fail. ('The wing folded and it cartwheeled into the lake.') Bracey wasn't hurt that time. Paige is pretty sure that it wasn't a SeaRey, but probably an old single place Buc SX/XA. If you have scuba gear, you should check it out.          Larry J. Reynolds - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     I only talked to Bracy on the phone, never met him. He warned me that people were going to mistake me for him and that he had not been the most neighborly seaplane flyer. Locals have told me of some crazy stunts that he pulled in the Searey. He does not have the best reputation. Bracy was a pharmacist and he had a girlfriend OD in his house. She died. He had another girlriend shoot him in the leg. His crash in which he was killed involved flying a Seawind at night over the Atlantic near Wilmington. A female who he met in a bar was also killed and her family is suing his estate for a wrongful death unfortunately depriving his children from their inheritance at least for the time being.          Dan Nickens - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Yep. That's the guy. He has quite the reputation.       Attachments:   A Bracey Bobbitt Story          Dan Nickens - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     The NTSB report of the SeaWind crash is a bit scary.<br /><br />ATL05LA154<br />HISTORY OF FLIGHT<br /><br />On August 28, 2005 at 0212 eastern daylight time, a Samson Seawind 3000 experimental airplane, N88PS, registered to Samson Flying Service and operated by the private pilot, collided into the Atlantic Ocean about 2 miles off the coast of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed. The private pilot and the passenger received fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. The flight departed Wilmington International Airport (ILM), Wilmington, North Carolina, about 0208.<br /><br />A review of radar data revealed a target with a transponder code of 1200 was detected by radar about 0208 in the vicinity of ILM at an altitude of 400 feet. The data showed the flight headed eastbound to the coast and climbed to approximately 1,200 feet. The flight then crossed over the coastline and continued eastbound toward open ocean. Immediately after the flight crossed over the coastline, its ground track entered a 360-degree turn to the right, and it descended rapidly into the ocean. According to an ILM Public Safety operations report, about 0220 the 911 center advised that a Bald Head Island resident reported that a small airplane may have gone down off the south end of the island. By about 0245, additional reports were received, and a search and rescue effort was initiated. Wreckage debris was found floating in the water off Wrightsville Beach about 1140.<br /><br />PERSONNEL INFORMATION<br /><br />The pilot held a private pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single-engine land and single-engine sea. His most recent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) third-class airman medical certificate was issued April 28, 2005, with no waivers or limitations. On his application for the medical certificate, the pilot reported 5,000 total civilian flight hours. <br /><br />AIRCRAFT INFORMATION<br /><br />The Samson Seawind 3000 experimental airplane, serial number 15, was an amateur-built, experimental airplane powered by a Lycoming IO-540-K1A5 engine. The airplane was configured with 4 seats and was capable of landing on water or on land. <br /><br />METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION<br /><br />A review of recorded weather data from Wilmington International Airport revealed at 0153 conditions were winds from 020 at 5 knots, visibility 8 statute miles, cloud conditions broken at 300 feet, temperature 23 degrees centigrade, dew point 22 degrees centigrade, altimeter setting 29.89 inches. <br /><br />WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION<br /><br />Small pieces of composite debris from the airplane's fuselage and tail section and a section of the engine mount were recovered. The remainder of the airplane was not recovered. Flight control and engine control continuity could not be determined from the available wreckage. The recovered pieces showed no evidence of soot or fire damage.<br /><br />MEDICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL INFORMATION<br /><br />The pilot's body was recovered from the ocean on August 30, 2005, and an autopsy was performed the same day by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The report stated the cause of death was 'multiple blunt force injuries.' <br /><br />The medical examiner's report stated that 'a glass pipe containing a brown substance' accompanied the pilot's body. The report further stated, 'toxicological analysis of postmortem tissues is not performed. Toxicological analysis of the brown substance found within the glass pipe is positive for THC.' <br /><br />Toxicological testing of muscle specimens from the pilot was performed on September 2, 2005, by the FAA Forensic Toxicology Research Team, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The report stated the following were detected in the muscle: 115 (mg/dL, mg/hg) ethanol, 1 (mg/dL, mg/hg) n-butanol, 11 (mg/dL, mg/hg) n-propanol, and 1.207 (ug/ml, ug/g) butalbital. <br /><br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION<br /><br />According to witness statements obtained by a New Hanover County Sheriff's Department detective, Wilmington, North Carolina, a bartender at a local bar recalled the pilot ordered a 'kamikaze shot' and paid for it at 0028. The bartender stated she later made another drink for him and later saw him dancing with a woman whom other witnesses identified as the passenger. Another employee of the bar stated the pilot was 'drinking kamikazes, not as shots but as drinks. He bought one, that I saw, and I served a few more that night to a group of people that I figured were going to him.'<br /><br />Title 14 CFR 91.17, 'Alcohol or drugs,' states: 'No person may act or attempt to act as a crewmember of a civil aircraft -- (1) Within 8 hours after the consumption of any alcoholic beverage; (2) While under the influence of alcohol; (3) While using any drug that affects the person's faculties in any way contrary to safety.' <br /><br />According to statements obtained by ILM Public Safety and the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office, the owner of a repair station at the airport stated the pilot had contacted him about a week before the accident and stated that he had landed the seaplane in the waterway, and it was 'swamped' by a passing yacht. The repair station owner reported that the pilot told him that saltwater entered the cockpit, and the airplane 'limped' back to the airport.<br /><br />The FAA Airplane Flying Handbook, FAA-H-8083-3, chapter 10, states the following about night flying: 'Night flying requires that pilots be aware of, and operate within, their abilities and limitations....Night flying is very different from day flying and demands more attention of the pilot. The most noticeable difference is the limited availability of outside visual references. Therefore, flight instruments should be used to a greater degree.'<br /><br />According to FAA advisory circular 60-4A 'Pilot's Spatial Disorientation:' 'Lack of natural horizon or surface reference is common on over-water flights, at night, and especially at night in extremely sparsely populated areas or in low visibility conditions. A sloping cloud formation, an obscured horizon, a dark scene spread with ground lights and stars, and certain geometric patterns of ground lights can provide inaccurate visual information for aligning the aircraft correctly with the actual horizon. The disoriented pilot may place the aircraft in a dangerous attitude.'<br /><br /><br />          Bruce Bennett - Sep 29,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Wow Dan, what a story!! He lead a very colorful life!! JB          Dan Nickens - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Lake James is absolutely gorgeous, Larry. I hope you can patch things up with the locals.          Don Maxwell - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     I met his son last December when I accompanied a friend who was interested in buying Bobbit's 914 SeaRey. The son said it was a different SeaRey that sank in the lake (but I just looked at the FAA database and see that it was an Aventura II). He said his father wasn't too much on regular maintenance and generally used things until they broke and then got them fixed. The 914 ran, but had zip for compression when I pulled the prop through (after it had run for about ten minutes). My friend made an offer, the son said he'd have to clear it with his siblings, we flew back to Richmond, and that was the last we heard from the son. I drove past the house a couple of months later and saw that the SeaRey was gone. Don't know who got it--but I wish him luck.          Dan Nickens - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Thanks, Don. I need all the luck I can get.          Don Maxwell - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Dan! N2022P? Is that how you knew Lake James is gorgeous?          Dan Nickens - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Indeed, Don. I have taxied its length and breadth in N2022P.          Don Maxwell - Sep 28,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Oh, law. Now I see your other posting about it.

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