# Incident 19810221014609I: Amtrva SPORTMANVJ22, Mercer Island, WA, February 21, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1981, 11:15 local time
- Place: Mercer Island, WA
- Airport: Lake Washington
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5640° N, 122.2312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mercer Island, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5640&lon=-122.2312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99525 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRVA SPORTMANVJ22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,480 total, 136 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810221014609I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT FORGOT TO RETRACT GEAR PRIOR TO A WATER LANDING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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