19801022075499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 · Groton, CT · October 22, 1980

Date
October 22, 1980 · 12:15 local
Place
Groton, CT
Airport
New London Seapla
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8105D
Reported as
Piper PA18
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total40 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.

Seaplane drifting out for takeoff, engine and radio off. Drifted behind takeoff path of large jet, was blown over.

As the FAA filed it

SEAPLANE DRIFTING OUT FOR TAKEOFF, ENGINE AND RADIO OFF. DRIFTED BEHIND TAKEOFF PATH OF LARGE JET, WAS BLOWN OVER.

Other reports on N8105D · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.