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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Richard SCH Searey · Clearfield, PA · November 3, 2010

Date
November 3, 2010 · 16:30 local
Place
Clearfield, PA
Airport
Clearfield-Lawrence
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
CFESJ
Reported as
Richard SCH Searey
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total250 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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.

privacy data omitted Was flying the a/c from ontario, Canada to ocala Florida for a friend.privacy data omitted Stated that he was landing on runway 12 and forgot to lower the landing gear. The a/c is an amphibious design that resembles a boat hull with the engine mounted up and aft of the main wing and is a pusher prop. The damage to the a/c was minor. The keel was damaged in two areas from scraping the runway. An area appx four inches wide by ten inches long at the aft-most keel, and a portion of it was damaged below the bow appx three inches by eight inches. Neither area was severely worn in depth of material that makes up the keel area. There was also minor damage present on the left side chine from scraping the runway. There is no other damage noted on the remainder of the hull, airframe or sponsons. There was no damage to the runway or the runway lighting.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING THE A/C FROM ONTARIO, CANADA TO OCALA FLORIDA FOR A FRIEND.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE A/C IS AN AMPHIBIOUS DESIGN THAT RESEMBLES A BOAT HULL WITH THE ENGINE MOUNTED UP AND AFT OF THE MAIN WING AND IS A PUSHER PROP. THE DAMAGE TO THE A/C WAS MINOR. THE KEEL WAS DAMAGED IN TWO AREAS FROM SCRAPING THE RUNWAY. AN AREA APPX FOUR INCHES WIDE BY TEN INCHES LONG AT THE AFT-MOST KEEL, AND A PORTION OF IT WAS DAMAGED BELOW THE BOW APPX THREE INCHES BY EIGHT INCHES. NEITHER AREA WAS SEVERELY WORN IN DEPTH OF MATERIAL THAT MAKES UP THE KEEL AREA. THERE WAS ALSO MINOR DAMAGE PRESENT ON THE LEFT SIDE CHINE FROM SCRAPING THE RUNWAY. THERE IS NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED ON THE REMAINDER OF THE HULL, AIRFRAME OR SPONSONS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY OR THE RUNWAY LIGHTING.