40.8275° N, 73.6800° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Washington, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 23, 1979 · 17:50 local
Place
Port Washington, NY
Airport
Seaplane
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N746WT
Reported as
Cessna 206CESSNA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,160 total60 in this make and model0 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.
Float plane hit a submerged object and bounced into the air. Fell back to the water, damaged float braces.
As the FAA filed it
FLOAT PLANE HIT A SUBMERGED OBJECT AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. FELL BACK TO THE WATER, DAMAGED FLOAT BRACES.