# Incident 20070419011069I: Amtr SEAREY, Avon Park, FL, April 19, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2007, 18:00 local time
- Place: Avon Park, FL
- Airport: Avon Park Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5913° N, 81.5290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AVON PARK EXEC (AVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5913&lon=-81.5290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N454MB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N454MB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brill Michael S SEAREY (registry code 056215H, https://openairdocs.org/model/brill-michael-s-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070419011069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES HE HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 4 AND WAS TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH TOWARD THE FBO WHEN A GUST OF WIND RAISED THE LEFT WING. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS HULL APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT PULLED THE AIRCRAFT CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY WITH A CAR. THE RIGHT AXLE BENT DUE TO SIDE LOAD AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT TORQUE TUBE BEARING BLOCK PULLED LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNT AND THE RIGHT BRAKE CABLE ATTACH BRACKET FAILED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.