# Incident 20231014016499I: Progressive Aerodyne Inc SEAREY LSA, Kissimmee, FL, October 14, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2023, 11:13 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2898° N, 81.4371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE GATEWAY (ISM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N956BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N956BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY LSA (registry code 060009O, 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
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 21,500 total, 360 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231014016499I

## Narrative

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

PIC STATEMENT:

"ON 10/14/2023 I WAS TAXIING OUT FOR A FLIGHT IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON TAXIWAY (A) AT KISM AROUND 9:30 IN THE MORNING. AS I WAS PASSING RUNWAY 33 EXIT A1 I BEGAN MY PRE-TAKEOFF CHECKS PRIOR TO REACHING THE RUNUP AREA FOR RWY 33. SINCE MY AIRCRAFT DOESN’T HAVE SAFETY SWITCHES TO PREVENT RAISING THE GEAR ON THE GROUND I HAVE MADE IT A PRACTICE TO PULL THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKERS AFTER LANDING AND RESET THEM DURING MY BEFORE TAKEOFF CHECK.  AFTER PERFORMING MY FUEL PUMP TEST I RESET THE LEFT GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER. TOO LATE I REALIZED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE* WAS IN THE UP POSITION. THE RETRACTION OF THE LEFT GEAR WAS TOO QUICK TO STOP THE RETRACTION.

I HAD DONE SOME CLEANING IN THE COCKPIT EARLIER AND I MUST HAVE INADVERTENTLY MOVED TO SWITCH TO THE UP POSITION AND FAILED TO CATCH IT PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.  IN AN ATTEMPT TO CATCH THE ERROR AT THE TIME I LOWERED THE SWITCH AND RAISED IT AGAIN CAUSING THE RETRACTION MECHANISM TO RUPTURE AN ATTACHMENT FITTING TO THE GEAR."

* LANDING GEAR SWITCH

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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