# Accident 19800816036399A: Univar 1082, Davisville, RI, August 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1980, 11:40 local time
- Place: Davisville, RI
- Airport: Quonsett State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6134° N, 71.4753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Davisville, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6134&lon=-71.4753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N285C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N285C-1997-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Universal Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230416, https://openairdocs.org/model/universal-stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1082
- Reported engine: FRNKLN O335*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 441 total, 6 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80DNA22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DNA22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800816036399A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CLAIMS ENGINE FAILURE. AIRCRAFT DITCHED IN WATER. UNABLE TO EXAMINE ENGINE.

## 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 NYC80DNA22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DNA22), Aug 16, 1980: Stinson 108-2 (N285C), Quonset, RI, destroyed

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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