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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T206H · Palm Beach, FL · March 7, 2025

Date
March 7, 2025 · 12:07 local
Place
Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach County Park
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N742HM
Reported as
Cessna T206H
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,536 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Float plane experienced a vibration of the right front nose landing gear on landing, pilot elected to go around and subsequently noted that the right front nose landing gear had sheared off. After announcing intentions on the common traffic advisory frequency, pilot performed a gear up landing in the soft grass adjacent to a runway. Aircraft sustained minor damage to the floats, pilot was the only person on board, no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

FLOAT PLANE EXPERIENCED A VIBRATION OF THE RIGHT FRONT NOSE LANDING GEAR ON LANDING, PILOT ELECTED TO GO AROUND AND SUBSEQUENTLY NOTED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD SHEARED OFF. AFTER ANNOUNCING INTENTIONS ON THE COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY, PILOT PERFORMED A GEAR UP LANDING IN THE SOFT GRASS ADJACENT TO A RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FLOATS, PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD, NO INJURIES.