# Incident 19960614020959I: Amtr SEAREY, Geneva, WI, June 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1996, 11:00 local time
- Place: Geneva, WI
- Airport: Americana Airport,Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6265° N, 88.4821° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Geneva, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6265&lon=-88.4821&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2171N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 41 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960614020959I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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