# Incident 20241117018829I: Clay E Hartley AIRCAM, Suwannee, FL, November 17, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2024, 10:30 local time
- Place: Suwannee, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N511PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N511PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Clay E Hartley AIRCAM (registry code 05638A2, https://openairdocs.org/model/clay-e-hartley-aircam) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLAY E HARTLEY AIRCAM
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,883 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241117018829I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS COMING IN FOR A WATER LANDING. PILOT CHECKED THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT ON DASH AND IT SHOWED RETRACTED (UP) AND LOCKED. THE PILOT FAILED TO CHECK THE SECONDARY INDICATOR LOCATED ON THE FLOATS THEMSELVES WHICH WERE WORKING PROPERLY AND SHOWED THE GEAR BEING EXTENDED (DOWN). THE BELLCRANK ROD END ON BOTH LANDING GEAR RETRACTION ASSEMBLIES WERE CORRODED AND HAD SNAPPED, LEAVING THE GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION, THOUGH THE ACTUATORS RETRACTED PROPERLY, PROMPTING DASH INDICATOR LIGHT TO SHOW UP AND LOCKED. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE WATER, IT CONTACTED THE EXTENDED GEAR AND CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO FLIP FORWARD.

## Other reports on N511PH (1)

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

- [Incident 20200713006499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200713006499I), Jul 13, 2020: Clay E Hartley AIRCAM (N511PH), Punta Gorda, FL, Minor damage. The pilot forgot to extend the landing gear on an anphibian aircraft and landed upon a paved runway. The aircraft slid to a stop, causing minor damage to the…

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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