# Incident 19810709054059I: Cessna 172G, Utica, NY, July 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1981, 16:45 local time
- Place: Utica, NY
- Airport: Erie Barge Canal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0964° N, 75.2260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Utica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0964&lon=-75.2260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3736L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3736L-1989-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 568 total, 33 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810709054059I

## Narrative

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

FLOAT PLANE BLOWN OVER INVERTED IN WATER DURING TAXI.

## Other reports on N3736L (1)

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

- [Accident 19840715032429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840715032429A), Jul 15, 1984: Cessna 172G (N3736L), White Lake, NY, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel. Struck trees stalled and tumbled into lake that was selected for forced landing the floatplane.

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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