64.8378° N, 147.7164° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 12, 1981 · 19:00 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Chena Lake
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N830PM
Reported as
Amtrva SPORTMANVJ22
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total12 in this make and model100 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.
Pilot landed aircraft on water with wheels down. Aircraft flipped over on its back. No injuries.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT ON WATER WITH WHEELS DOWN. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK. NO INJURIES.