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FAA incident report · Icon A5 · Wellington, FL · April 29, 2024

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Date
April 29, 2024 · 19:56 local
Place
Wellington, FL
Airport
Wellington Aero Club
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N932BA
Reported as
Icon A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total20 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N932BARegistered now · Icon A5S/N 00209 · Built 2023Airframe modelIcon A5Engine modelRotax 912 IS series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed VFR from F45 airport for FD38 airport. Aircraft landed wheels up at FD38 airport. Due to the amphibious design of the aircraft, only minimum damage occurred and is limited to pavement scuffing on the hull's aft keel and aft left chine.

Pilot reported that he failed to deploy the landing gear. Pilot is low time and has a positive attitude toward safety and compliance with no previous accidents, incidents or violations.

A contributing factor is in the inherent design of amphibious aircraft which do not have landing gear warning systems normally found in retractable gear aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED VFR FROM F45 AIRPORT FOR FD38 AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WHEELS UP AT FD38 AIRPORT. DUE TO THE AMPHIBIOUS DESIGN OF THE AIRCRAFT, ONLY MINIMUM DAMAGE OCCURRED AND IS LIMITED TO PAVEMENT SCUFFING ON THE HULL'S AFT KEEL AND AFT LEFT CHINE.

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE FAILED TO DEPLOY THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT IS LOW TIME AND HAS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE WITH NO PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS, INCIDENTS OR VIOLATIONS.

A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS IN THE INHERENT DESIGN OF AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT WHICH DO NOT HAVE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEMS NORMALLY FOUND IN RETRACTABLE GEAR AIRCRAFT.