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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SEAREY · Klamath Falls, OR · June 18, 2009

Date: June 18, 2009 · 16:00 local
Place: Klamath Falls, OR
Airport: Klamath Falls
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7215C
Reported as: Amtr Searey
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total22 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N7215CRegistration cancelled Oct 30, 2012 · Calvi Lawrence B SEAREYS/N 1DK080 · Built 1997 Airframe modelCalvi Lawrence B SEAREY Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) On June 18, 2009 privacy data omitted took off from Klamath Falls Airport. After takeoff a gust of wind lifted the right wing and the aircraft veered to the left. The aircraft lost airspeed and it descended to the ground at a reported 1000 feet per minute. The aircraft bounced then rolled 150 feet before it performed a ground loop. The left main gear collapsed and the left sponson support was broken.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2009 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM KLAMATH FALLS AIRPORT. AFTER TAKEOFF A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT LOST AIRSPEED AND IT DESCENDED TO THE GROUND AT A REPORTED 1000 FEET PER MINUTE. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THEN ROLLED 150 FEET BEFORE IT PERFORMED A GROUND LOOP. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT SPONSON SUPPORT WAS BROKEN.

Other reports on N7215C · 1

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

Incident 19970813028829IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Tucson, AZNarrative: on 08/13/97 during a flight from northern Wisconsin to san carlos, CA the experimental homebuilt Searey amphibian plane was making a fuel stop at Ryan field, Arizona. During the landing roll out the right main landing gear over center lock casting…Aug 13, 1997 · Minor damage