# Incident 20211017023029I: Golden Flyer Construcoes Aero SEAMAX M22, Tyler, TX, October 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2021, 13:56 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Pounds Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3535° N, 95.4030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TYLER POUNDS RGNL (TYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3535&lon=-95.4030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N618AP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N618AP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Golden Flyer Construcoes Aero SEAMAX M22 (registry code 05639U9, https://openairdocs.org/model/golden-flyer-construcoes-aero-seamax-m22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GOLDEN FLYER CONSTRUCOES AERO SEAMAX M22
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,488 total, 128 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211017023029I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

AIRCRAFT WAS NEAR THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY AND IT WAS UPRIGHT.

MINOR DAMAGE TO HULL AND TO LEFT AND RIGHT SPONSONS.

NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED.

PHOTOS AND VERBAL STATEMENT FROM CRASH CREW INDICATED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN BUT NOT LOCKED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. CRASH CREW STATED THAT THEY LIFTED EACH SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MANUALLY PUSHED THE GEAR TO THE LOCKED POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DUE TO DAMAGE.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIO RECORDING INDICATES THAT AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LOST ALL POWER ON SHORT FINAL.

ON SCENE THE PILOT CLARIFIED THAT HE LOST ELECTRICAL POWER NOT ENGINE POWER. HE STATED THAT BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY CLEARED TO LAND HE DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT.

ON SCENE, ASKED THE PILOT TO TURN ELECTRICAL POWER ON AND EVERYTHING APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE.

## Other reports on N618AP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20240511011059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240511011059I), May 11, 2024: Golden Flyer Construcoes Aero SEAMAX M22 (N618AP), Tyler, TX, Minor damage. The pilot of this amphibious flying boat departed Tyler Pounds municipal airport (tyr), stating he forgot to retract his landing gear after departure, and then…

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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