# Incident 19990405017919I: Amtr SEAREY, Hyannis, MA, April 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1999, 08:32 local time
- Place: Hyannis, MA
- Airport: Barnstable Municipal-Boardman - Pol
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6529° N, 70.2828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hyannis, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6529&lon=-70.2828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77MT-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Toia Matthew J SEAREY (registry code 05605Z8, https://openairdocs.org/model/toia-matthew-j-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 130 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990405017919I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON 04-05-99, AT 0832, N77MT LANDED AT HYANNIS, MA, UPON TOUCH DOWN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. MR. MATTHEW JOSEPH TOIA THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT TOUCH DOWN THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. MR. TOIA, WHO IS ALSO THE BUILDER OF N77MT EXAMINED THE LANDING GEAR AND FOUND THAT THE BOTTOM FLANGE OF THE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC CYLINDER HAD BROKEN CAUSING THE FULL WEIGHT OF AIRCRAFT TO REST ON THE SAFETY CAM LATCH WHICH BENT AS A RESULT OF THE EXCESS PRESSURE. MR. TOIA STATES THAT HE FURTHER EXAMINED THE BROKEN PIECE AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF A PREVIOUS FRACTURE.

## Other reports on N77MT (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130310003609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130310003609I), Mar 10, 2013: Toia Matthew J SEAREY (N77MT), Davenport, FL, Minor damage. On March 10, 2013 at approximately 1340 EDT, an expirimental amatuer built aircraft, searay, N77MT departed lake jackson in sebring Florida, with a destination…
- [Incident 20040329006039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040329006039I), Mar 29, 2004: Amtr SEAREY (N77MT), Belle Glade, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed lantana airpark (lna) to conduct touch and go landings on lake okeechobee. He departed the lake at about 16:00 for (lna), the engine did…

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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