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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SEAREY · Morrisville, VT · August 16, 2006

Date: August 16, 2006 · 11:00 local
Place: Morrisville, VT
Airport: Morrisville Stowe State
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N21GE
Reported as: Amtr Searey
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,025 total7 in the last 90 days

N21GERegistered now · Hague Donald SEAREYS/N 1DK-274C · Built 2004 Airframe modelHague Donald SEAREY Engine modelRotax SEE BOMBADIERReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) On August 16, 2006, at approximately 1100 eastern daylight time, an amateur built Searey, N21GE, was partially damaged when its gear collapsed and departed the left side of runway 19. The aircraft initially touched down and immediately felt the left gear collapse. The aircraft progressively veered to the left, departed the runway and came to a stop after knocking down an electric fence and sliding down a slight berm. The pilot was not injured. The aircraft sustained damage to the left wing. The left float was severed due to the impact with the ground and fence pole. An examination of the aircraft revealed a broken internal landing gear linkage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 16, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AMATEUR BUILT SEAREY, N21GE, WAS PARTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN ITS GEAR COLLAPSED AND DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY FELT THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT PROGRESSIVELY VEERED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP AFTER KNOCKING DOWN AN ELECTRIC FENCE AND SLIDING DOWN A SLIGHT BERM. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. THE LEFT FLOAT WAS SEVERED DUE TO THE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND AND FENCE POLE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A BROKEN INTERNAL LANDING GEAR LINKAGE.