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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Searey · Geneva, WI · June 14, 1996

Date: June 14, 1996 · 11:00 local
Place: Geneva, WI
Airport: Americana Airport,Lake
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2171N
Reported as: Amtr Searey
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total41 in this make and model65 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: an amphibious amateur built searay aircraft, N2171N sustained minor damage after landing on lake Geneva, fontana, Wisconsin on June 14, 1996. The pilot-in-command and sole occupant of the aircraft, charles f. thomas was not injured. Mr. Thomas reported that he had departed dacy airport, harvard, Illinois and that he did not use the check list on board the aircraft prior to landing. Mr. Thomas stated he simply forgot to retract the amphibious landing gear. Mr. Thomas stated that there is no gear position warning system on the aircraft. The pilot and aircraft were properly certificated for the flight.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AN AMPHIBIOUS AMATEUR BUILT SEARAY AIRCRAFT, N2171N SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER LANDING ON LAKE GENEVA, FONTANA, WISCONSIN ON JUNE 14, 1996. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, CHARLES F. THOMAS WAS NOT INJURED. MR. THOMAS REPORTED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED DACY AIRPORT, HARVARD, ILLINOIS AND THAT HE DID NOT USE THE CHECK LIST ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO LANDING. MR. THOMAS STATED HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO RETRACT THE AMPHIBIOUS LANDING GEAR. MR. THOMAS STATED THAT THERE IS NO GEAR POSITION WARNING SYSTEM ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT WERE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED FOR THE FLIGHT.