# Accident 19800816036079A: Tcraft F19, Tell City, IN, August 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1980, 18:30 local time
- Place: Tell City, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9530° N, 86.7593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tell City, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9530&lon=-86.7593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3728T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3728T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft F19 (registry code 8850904, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-f19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-200 (registry code 17021, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT F19
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,900 total, 30 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DEX32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEX32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800816036079A

## Narrative

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

SPREADER BAR ON FLOATS SEPERATED FROM OVERLOAD ON WATER LANDING. SEAPLANE CAPSIZED. POSSIBLE HARD LANDING.

## 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 CHI80DEX32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEX32), Aug 16, 1980: Taylorcraft F19 (N3728T), Deer Creek, IN, 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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