# Incident 19970531015049I: Amtr SEAREY, Laconia, NH, May 31, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1997, 18:00 local time
- Place: Laconia, NH
- Airport: Laconia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5730° N, 71.4178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LACONIA MUNI (LCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5730&lon=-71.4178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8254 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 35 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970531015049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. LIVERNOIS DEPARTED MHT AIRPORT AND FLEW TO A LOCAL POND AND LAKE WHERE HE DID SOME PRACTIC WATER WORK WITH THE AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT. HE THEN FLEW TO LCI AIRPORT AND LANDED ON THE CENTER LINE, APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 26. HE ALLEGEDLY DID A GENTLE 3 POINT LANDING IN CALM WIND CONDITIONS. FOR THE FIRST FEW SECONDS THE AIRCRAFT TRACKED STRAIGHT DOWN THE CENTERLINE. IT THEN STARTED TO GRADUALLY VEER TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE CONDITION. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY ROTATED 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND SLID SIDEWAYS ONTO THE GRASS AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES, PILOT WAS ALONE. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE: MINOR - THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT FAILED, RIGHT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY FAILED, AND RIGHT WING SPONSON BENT SLIGHTLY UNDER TOWARD FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, PILOT AND MAINTENANCE MAN ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP AN IMPROVED TAIL WHEEL SYSTEM FOR THE AIRCRAFT.

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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