FAA incident report · Cessna 180J · Bay St Louis, MS · September 15, 1979
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot taxiing to the beach was caught by a gust of wind, waves and current. Seaplane turned over and sank.
PILOT TAXIING TO THE BEACH WAS CAUGHT BY A GUST OF WIND, WAVES AND CURRENT. SEAPLANE TURNED OVER AND SANK.