# Accident 19731103036119A: Cessna 172L, Grand Island, NY, November 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1973
- Place: Grand Island, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 43.0331° N, 78.9625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Island, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0331&lon=-78.9625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19641, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19641-1974-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,815 total, 120 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74DFJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DFJ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731103036119A

## Narrative

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

WHILE DOCKING FLOATPLANE WAKE FROM PASSING BOAT AND WIND GUSTS PUSHED TAIL UNDER WATER.FLOAT EQPD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC74DFJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DFJ17), Nov 3, 1973: Cessna 172 (N19641), Grand Island, NY, substantial damage

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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