# Incident 20120816018059I: Argos Marine LLC SPORTSMAN GS-2, Tracy Arm, AK, August 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2012, 16:20 local time
- Place: Tracy Arm, AK
- Airport: Tracy Arm
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N869PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N869PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Argos Marine SPORTSMAN GS-2 (registry code 05629E1, https://openairdocs.org/model/argos-marine-sportsman-gs-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-390 series (registry code 41678, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARGOS MARINE LLC SPORTSMAN GS-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-390-X
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 280 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120816018059I

## Narrative

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

DURING A WATER LANDING, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMPHIBIOUS AIRPLANE EXPERIENCE A FLOAT RIGGING FAILURE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LIST TO THE RIGHT AFTER WATER LANDING. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FLOAT RIGGING (AND WIRE PULLS) OCCURRED; NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO THE PRIVATE PILOT OR ONE PASSENGER.CAUSAL FACTORS: WATER CONDITIONS AND FAILURE OF THE RIGHT SIDE FLOAT ATTACHMENT. PILOT REPORTED A "HARD" LANDING A YEAR AGO IN THE SAME AIRCRAFT, WHICH HE FELT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FLOAT RIGGING/WIRE PULL FAILURE. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND SOME PARTS WERE REPLACED AFTER THE HARD LANDING LAST YEAR BUT THE WIRE PULLS WERE NOT REPLACED.RECOMMENDATIONS: RECOMMEND THE WIRE PULLS SHOULD BE REPLACED AFTER AN ABNORMAL LANDING OCCURS.COMMENTS: NO REGULATORY VIOLATIONS FOUND.

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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