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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerofab LAKE LA-250 · West Palm Beach, FL · March 26, 2017

Date
March 26, 2017 · 16:00 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
North Palm Beach County Genera
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1404Y
Reported as
Aerofab Lake LA-250
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total325 in this make and model35 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.

Pilot landing at West Palm Beach county general airport (F45) did not lower gear and landed N1404Y amphibious aircraft on its hull with pilot and 1 passenger on board with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDING AT WEST PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AIRPORT (F45) DID NOT LOWER GEAR AND LANDED N1404Y AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT ON ITS HULL WITH PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES.