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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185E · Shelter Island, NY · August 27, 1981

Date
August 27, 1981 · 19:30 local
Place
Shelter Island, NY
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1603M
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81FHJ14
Reported as
Cessna 185E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total300 in this make and model70 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.

Landed seaplane near Island. Flipped over during step taxi. Claimed hit submerged object. Airplane sank.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED SEAPLANE NEAR ISLAND. FLIPPED OVER DURING STEP TAXI. CLAIMED HIT SUBMERGED OBJECT. AIRPLANE SANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.