Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Portland, Maine
Aircraft landed on the river with gear deployed causing damage to left wing.
Land On Water LLC
https://registry.faa.gov/N999XX
Date: 18-JUL-20
Time: 19:00:00Z
Regis#: N999XX
Aircraft Make: SCODA AERONAUTICAL
Aircraft Model: SUPER PETREL LS
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation: 91
City: LIVERMORE
State: MAINE
LIVERMORE — A amphibious airplane landed on the Androscoggin River near Livermore on Saturday with its landing gear deployed.
The Scoda Super Petrel LS aircraft touched down on the river at about 3 p.m., according to Arlene Salac of the Federal Aviation Administration.
The pilot Myron Stock, 55, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was the only person onboard and was not injured, Livermore Falls Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. The plane was damaged.
Stock had taken off from the Bowman Field airport on River Road in Livermore Falls, he said Monday.
The plane is registered to Land On Water LLC of Dover, New Hampshire, according to the registration listed on the FAA site.
The Maine Warden Service responded to the crash, and the FAA is investigating.
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Seems to be a rash of gear down water landing amphibian reports here on KR lately. Sure it's water season for float planes but come on amphib pilots, forgot what a checklist is for?
ReplyDeleteAmphibian pilots are not conditioned to retract the gear on every takeoff because of making water takeoffs with gear stowed already. Creates mental conditioning.
DeleteSo yes, checklist usage is essential. Boggles the mind that any amphibian operator does not live in fear of this failure scenario and have strict checklist discipline.