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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Sterling, AK · June 20, 1981

Date: June 20, 1981
Place: Sterling, AK
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3284D
Reported as: Cessna 180
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3284DRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 32082 · Built 1955 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Zi pilot land floatplane on river. Hit bank in maneuver to avoid raft coming out of rapids.

As the FAA filed it

ZI PILOT LAND FLOATPLANE ON RIVER.HIT BANK IN MANEUVER TO AVOID RAFT COMING OUT OF RAPIDS.