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Accident

FAA accident report · Piper PA11S · Alplaus, NY · June 23, 1979

Date
June 23, 1979 · 10:30 local
Place
Alplaus, NY
Airport
Wello Seaplane Ba
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N143R
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FFA24
Reported as
Piper PA11S
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,591 total800 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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.

While the seaplane was docking a spectator stepped onto the float and into the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE THE SEAPLANE WAS DOCKING A SPECTATOR STEPPED ONTO THE FLOAT AND INTO THE PROPELLER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.