# Incident 20240511011059I: Golden Flyer Construcoes Aero SEAMAX M22, Tyler, TX, May 11, 2024 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 11, 2024, 11:35 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, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 16,630 total, 245 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240511011059I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 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 LANDED IN LAKE TYLER WITH HIS LANDING GEAR EXTENDED, STOPPING ABRUPTLY. HE THEN RAISED THE LANDING GEAR AND PERFORMED SEVERAL WATER TAKEOFFS AND A WATER LANDING FURTHER DOWN THE LAKE, FOLLOWED BY A RETURN FLIGHT FOR A LANDING BACK AT THE POINT OF ORIGIN, TYR, WHERE HE REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO LAND FROM ATC, BUT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. A FISHERMAN WHO WITNESSED THE ORIGINAL WHEELS DOWN WATER LANDING FOUND AN AIRPLANE WHEEL FLOATING IN THE LAKE WHERE THIS PLANE HAD FIRST TOUCHED DOWN, AND RETRIEVED IT, CALLING THE LOCAL SHERRIFF TO REPORT THIS. THE SHERIFF DISPATCH IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED TYR ATC TO ADVISE THAT AN AIRCRAFT PART WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE LAKE WHERE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD FIRST TOUCHED DOWN, BUT THIS CALL WAS RECEIVED BY ATC SHORTLY AFTER THEY HAD CLEARED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO LAND ON RW 13, AND JUST AS IT WAS ON SHORT FINAL. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ITS MLG AND WAS ROLLING OUT, ATC ADVISED THAT THE PLANE HAD POSSIBLY LOST A PART IN LAKE TYLER, WHICH THE PIC REPLIED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF ANYTHING WRONG OR MISSING FROM THE PLANE. AS THE PLANE SLOWED AND THE NOSE SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT ADVISED THAT HE WAS DRAGGING SOMETHING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST CLEAR OF THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY, WITH THE COMPOSITE NLG FORK BEING NEARLY 75% ABRADED AWAY AND AN APROXIMATELY 12 INCHES LONG X 1 INCH WIDE PORTION OF THE HULL'S KEEL BEAM GROUND ALMOST COMPLETELY THROUGH TO THE INTERIOR BY THE RUNWAY'S SURFACE, DUE TO LANDING ON THE NLG FORK WITHOUT A NOSE WHEEL BEING PRESENT. THE NLG DOWN BRACE WAS FOUND SEPARATED FROM THE NLG STRUT AT IT'S ATTACHMENT. THESE DAMAGES WERE DETERMINED TO BE MINOR DAMAGES PER THE PIC LATER STATED HE HAD 3 GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATOR LIGHTS PRIOR TO THIS LANDING AT TYR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH RIGHT AND LEFT SPONSON MOUNTED LANDING GEAR CHECK MIRRORS, BUT THE PILOT DID NOT STATE THAT HE HAD VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF ALL 3 WHEELS BEING DOWN. THE INSPECTOR CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS 3 GREEN INDICATED WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED IN THE HANGAR SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT, AND THAT THE NLG DOOR(S) WERE ALSO TORN AWAY. ## Other reports on N618AP (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20211017023029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211017023029I), Oct 17, 2021: Golden Flyer Construcoes Aero SEAMAX M22 (N618AP), Tyler, TX, Minor damage. 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… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.