# Incident 20171008021229I: Progressive Aerodyne Inc. SEAREY LSA, Beaver Island, MI, October 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2017, 13:00 local time
- Place: Beaver Island, MI
- Airport: Beaver Island
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6922° N, 85.5666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER ISLAND (SJX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6922&lon=-85.5666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N784SR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N784SR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY LSA (registry code 06001AO, https://openairdocs.org/model/progressive-aerodyne-searey-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914UL (registry code 55553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PROGRESSIVE AERODYNE INC. SEAREY LSA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171008021229I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 8, 2017 AT 1300 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PROGRESSIVE AERODYNE, INC. SEAREY LSA, N784SR REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED NO DAMAGE DURING AN INADVERTENT GEAR-UP LANDING AT BEAVER ISLAND AIRPORT (SJX) BEAVER ISLAND, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE BEAVER ISLAND AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1220L.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS LANDING AND ?JUST FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR?. THE PILOT DID STATE THERE WAS OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN HE WAS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO AND THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A DISTRACTION. THE PILOT RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM AIRPORT EMPLOYEES AND BY-STANDERS AND WAS ABLE TO LOWER THE GEAR AND INSPECT THE AIRFRAME. NO DAMAGE COULD BE FOUND DUE TO THE KEEL GUARD THAT WAS INSTALLED TO THE HULL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED FOLLOWING A DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT HE WOULD BE FLYING IT HOME TO HASTINGS, MICHIGAN THE FOLLOWING DAY.

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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