What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot forgot to retract gear prior to a water landing.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT FORGOT TO RETRACT GEAR PRIOR TO A WATER LANDING.
FAA incident report · Amtrva SPORTMANVJ22 · Mercer Island, WA · February 21, 1981
- Date
- February 21, 1981 · 11:15 local
- Place
- Mercer Island, WA
- Airport
- Lake Washington
- Phase of flight
- Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N99525
- Reported as
- Amtrva SPORTMANVJ22
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 15,480 total136 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.