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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Edson Pimentel SEAMAX M-22 · Pembroke Pines, FL · January 1, 2020

Date
January 1, 2020 · 15:00 local
Place
Pembroke Pines, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N801TR
Reported as
Edson Pimentel Seamax M-22
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

At about 3PM on 1/1/20, I was flying N801TR from the shoreline to khwo (hollywood north perry). I preceded towards the airport and was told to report mid field downwind 10R. I reduced speed lowered the gear and drop the flaps 1 notch. The gear indicator when to 3 green, however I noticed it took longer than normal. I looked out at the mirrors on the pontoons and saw the wheels were down. Once I approached mid field I was given clearance to land 10R and I then added a second notch of flaps. I landed at the threshold flew down the center line and found myself landing on the right main and the nose wheel but the left main did not lock into place. There was no damage to airport property and only damage to the hull where it was scraped up. More extensive damage was caused to the hull when moving the aircraft off the runway by lifting the plane and placing it on a dolly that had bolts that penetrated the hull.

As the FAA filed it

AT ABOUT 3PM ON 1/1/20, I WAS FLYING N801TR FROM THE SHORELINE TO KHWO (HOLLYWOOD NORTH PERRY). I PRECEDED TOWARDS THE AIRPORT AND WAS TOLD TO REPORT MID FIELD DOWNWIND 10R. I REDUCED SPEED LOWERED THE GEAR AND DROP THE FLAPS 1 NOTCH. THE GEAR INDICATOR WHEN TO 3 GREEN, HOWEVER I NOTICED IT TOOK LONGER THAN NORMAL. I LOOKED OUT AT THE MIRRORS ON THE PONTOONS AND SAW THE WHEELS WERE DOWN. ONCE I APPROACHED MID FIELD I WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO LAND 10R AND I THEN ADDED A SECOND NOTCH OF FLAPS. I LANDED AT THE THRESHOLD FLEW DOWN THE CENTER LINE AND FOUND MYSELF LANDING ON THE RIGHT MAIN AND THE NOSE WHEEL BUT THE LEFT MAIN DID NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY AND ONLY DAMAGE TO THE HULL WHERE IT WAS SCRAPED UP. MORE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE HULL WHEN MOVING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY BY LIFTING THE PLANE AND PLACING IT ON A DOLLY THAT HAD BOLTS THAT PENETRATED THE HULL.